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<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:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">It’s impossible to think of the field of children’s librarianship without thinking of Carolyn Wicker Field. Mrs. Field (as she is still known at the<span> </span></span><a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freelibrary.org%2F&t=MWQzMmZjNTZjOTQzMDg4YjZlYzE1NDc3ZjkzNmQ2YjY0YjQ3NmQ1MSxueTdqdXFmTw%3D%3D&b=t%3AmbBWSKl-DvfQkqR8zDOi2w&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F171625592432%2Fcarolyn-w-field&m=0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(168,6,11);text-decoration:none;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Free Library of Philadelphia</a><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:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">) was a driving force across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as well nationally. In her 30-plus year career, Mrs. Field headed the Office of Work with Children and oversaw the creation of the<span> </span></span><a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freelibrary.org%2Fclrc&t=ZGQ1Yzk1OWVjZDAyNDI0MmRiNzc4MTI2YjIwNDI3OTBmMDY5YzFlNCxueTdqdXFmTw%3D%3D&b=t%3AmbBWSKl-DvfQkqR8zDOi2w&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F171625592432%2Fcarolyn-w-field&m=0" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(168,6,11);text-decoration:none;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Children’s Literature Research Collection</a><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:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">, the second largest repository of children’s literature, original artwork, manuscripts, and ephemera in the nation. </span>
(more at: <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/171625592432/carolyn-w-field">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/171625592432/carolyn-w-field</a>)</p><p>--------</p><p>
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Submissions for Women of Library History are still being accepted through March 9, 2018. <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif">The ALA SRRT Feminist Task Force (FTF) hosts a blog at </span><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(168,6,11);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Lato,sans-serif" target="_blank">womenoflibraryhistory.tumbl<wbr>r.com</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif"> with
postings of historic women of librarianship throughout the month of
March, Women's History Month. Submission information may be found
here: <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2018" target="_blank">http://womenoflibraryhis<wbr>tory.tumblr.com/submit2018</a></span></font></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU"><div id="gmail-:1cj" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <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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