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Eliza Atkins Gleason was born on 15 December, 1909 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S., is an African American librarian. Discover Eliza Atkins Gleason's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 100 years old?

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Occupation Librarian and Professor
Age 100 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 15 December, 1909
Birthday 15 December
Birthplace Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Date of death 15 December, 2009
Died Place N/A
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Dr. Maurice Francis Gleason

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Parents Simon Green Atkins Oleona Pegram Atkins
Husband Dr. Maurice Francis Gleason
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Eliza Atkins Gleason Net Worth

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1909

Eliza Atkins Gleason (born Eliza Valeria Atkins; December 15, 1909 – December 15, 2009) was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School.

1931

After receiving her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1931, she took her first library job in Louisville, Kentucky, at Louisville Municipal College, which was known as Municipal College for Negroes, where she soon became the head librarian, following in the footsteps of her sister, Olie Atkins Carpenter, who was a librarian at this institution, as well.

1936

In 1936, Gleason received her master's from the University of California, Berkeley and moved to Chicago where she received her Ph.D. in 1940 from the University of Chicago.

1937

The Gleasons married in 1937 and had a daughter, Joy Gleason Carew, who is now a professor of Pan-African studies at the University of Louisville.

1941

In 1941, she established and became the first Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University and created a library education program that trained 90 percent of all African-American librarians by 1986.

Gleason was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Simon Green Atkins and Olenona Pegram Atkins.

Both of her parents were educators; her mother was a teacher and her father was the founder and first president of Slater State College, now Winston-Salem State University.

Her dissertation, The Southern Negro and the Public Library: A Study of the Government and Administration of Public Library Service to Negroes in the South, was published in 1941 and was the first complete history of library access in the South, with a focus on African-American libraries.

Her adviser was Carleton B. Joeckel.

She then took a position as the director of libraries at Talladega College in Alabama.

In 1941 she established and became the first Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University.

1942

Gleason was the first African American to serve on the board of the American Library Association from 1942 to 1946.

1946

Gleason left Atlanta in 1946 to join her husband – Dr. Maurice Francis Gleason – in Illinois, where he was setting up a medical practice after having served in the military.

1964

After stints at Woodrow Wilson Junior College and Chicago Teachers College, as well as a term as a guest lecture at the University of Chicago, Gleason became an associate professor in library science at the South Chicago branch of the Illinois Teachers College in 1964.

1978

In 1978, she was appointed to the Chicago Public Library board and became the executive director of the Chicago Black United Fund.

2009

Gleason died in 2009 at 100 years old.

2010

In 2010, she was posthumously inducted into the University of Louisville's College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Honor.

The American Library Association awards the triennial Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award in her honor for the best book written in English in the field of library history, including the history of libraries, librarianship, and book culture.

Past recipients include: Dr. Cheryl Knott, Christine Pawley, David Allan, Carl Ostrowski, and Louise Robbins.