<div dir="ltr"><i style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Our final post for Women’s History Month 2017<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">.<br><br></span></i><br clear="all"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">Raised on Historically Black College and University campuses (HBCUs) as well as two years in Monrovia, Liberia by her professor and diplomat<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftshaonline.org%2Fhandbook%2Fonline%2Farticles%2Ffla88&t=ZTdiYmMwNzUwYjA0YWFmZmY1ZTYzYWE4MDI4ZWE5MWNiMzk1NmQ5NCx3dHRFS3FTaA%3D%3D&b=t%3AmbBWSKl-DvfQkqR8zDOi2w&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F159040689607%2Fbetty-jenkins&m=0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;font-family:lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">father</a></span><span style="font-family:lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>and librarian<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.library.illinois.edu%2Ferec%2FALA%2520Archives%2F0003003a%2Fdirectory%2520of%2520negro%2520graduates%25201900-36.pdf&t=NGNhMTVhZWYzNzJlMDJiN2JmNzRmZWU1YjNiNTVhODAyNDIwYWM3NSx3dHRFS3FTaA%3D%3D&b=t%3AmbBWSKl-DvfQkqR8zDOi2w&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F159040689607%2Fbetty-jenkins&m=0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;font-family:lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">mother</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, influenced by a Quaker education in Iowa, and educated at a Seven Sisters college and an Ivy League university both in New York City, Betty Jo Lanier Jenkins lived an outstanding librarian career that encompassed the transitions of the United States civil rights era.</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><br><br><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/159040689607/betty-jenkins">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/159040689607/betty-jenkins</a><br><br><br></span></span>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Lincoln County Library District</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">P.O. Box 2027</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Newport, OR 97365</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Work email</span></i></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></i><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Home email: </span></i></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:blue;font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></i></a></div>
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<span>“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”―Maya Angelou</span><span></span></h6><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"></span></div></div>
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