(1866-11-29)November 29, 1866 Hastings, Minnesota, US
Died
July 26, 1953(1953-07-26) (aged 86) Duluth, Minnesota, US
Education
University of Minnesota
Occupation
Librarian
Gratia Alta Countryman (pronounced gray-sha) (November 29, 1866 – July 26, 1953) was a nationally-known librarian who led the Minneapolis Public Library from 1904 to 1936. She was the daughter of immigrant farmers Alta and Levi Countryman.[1] She pioneered many ways to make the library more accessible and user-friendly to all of the city's residents, regardless of age or economic position.[2] Countryman was called the "first lady of Minneapolis" and the "Jane Addams of the libraries".[3]
^Gratia A. Countryman:
an inventory of the Gratia A. Countryman and family papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
^Benidt, Bruce Weir. The Library Book: Centennial History of the Minneapolis Public Library. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Public Library, 1984. (ISBN 0-9613716-0-9)
^Stuhler, Barbara & Krueter, Gretchen. Women of Minnesota: selected biographical essays. Rev ed. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Press, 1998, page 178. ISBN 978-0873513678
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meeting was collaborative with the Minnesota Education Association. GratiaCountryman, secretary of MLA at the time, elaborated, "early in the history of...
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Tübingen, who, like Flacius, was from Istria, and was called "fellow countryman" (conterraneous) by Flacius. There he came under the influence of Martin...
northern Africa and the Middle East. Following the example set by fellow countryman Lord Strathcona, who raised Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)...
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