<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:31px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;line-height:37px;text-align:center;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/140335104100/eleanor-ellen-sharp-stevenson" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:31px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;text-transform:uppercase;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">ELEANOR (ELLEN) SHARP STEVENSON</a></h2><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Today’s post was submitted by Nono Burling, Online Resources Consultant at the Washington State Library. This post previously appeared on the<span class=""> </span><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.sos.wa.gov%2Flibrary%2Findex.php%2F2013%2F10%2Fprofiles-of-washington-territorial-librarians-eleanor-ellen-sharp-stevenson-1888-1890%2F&t=YmFjNzFlM2YzMDZkMGEzMGNhZTRkMTI1ZTQyYjVjODk4NmY0NjA1YixFblNKTllZdw%3D%3D" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Washington State Library blog.</a></i></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Eleanor “Ellen” Sharp Stevenson was the last Territorial Librarian, and by default became the first State Librarian when Washington attained statehood on Nov. 11, 1889.<span class=""> <br></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class=""><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/140335104100/eleanor-ellen-sharp-stevenson">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/140335104100/eleanor-ellen-sharp-stevenson</a></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="">More on submissions at:  <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2016">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2016</a></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15p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