<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px"><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/183425552739/miriam-wood" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(168,6,11);text-decoration-line:none">Miriam Wood</a></h2></div><div><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif">..."Miriam and local Reverend Joan Biles started a book depository with Piedmont Regional Library System. It had a $100 annual budget and was located in a trailer behind the Methodist Church (now the Seventh Day Adventist Church). It quickly outgrew the space and a new location was sought. In 1995 it was moved into a small house without heat or air conditioning. Local support and continued growth of the library enabled a new location in 1997 into Auburn’s former post office building, the 1,134 square foot J.D. Withers Building...." </span> <br></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><font size="4">For more of the story go to <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/183425552739/miriam-wood">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/183425552739/miriam-wood</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">For information on how to submit a piece please go to <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2019">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2019</a>. Women of Library History is a project of the ALA/SRRT Feminist Task Force.<br clear="all"></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></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></div></div></div></div></div></div>