A long overdue biography of Alice M. Jordan (1870-1960), head of youth services at the Boston Public Library from 1902 to 1940 and one of the pioneers of children's librarianship. Between the Age of Sail and the Space Age, a sea captain's daughter gained fame as a book critic while practicing institutional politics behind the scenes.
A long overdue biography of Alice M. Jordan (1870-1960), head of youth services at the Boston Public Library from 1902 to 1940 and one of the pioneers of children's librarianship. Between the Age of Sail and the Space Age, a sea captain's daughter gained fame as a book critic while practicing institutional politics behind the scenes.
Gale Eaton was born in Bangor, Maine, where a great public library headed by Alice Jordan's cousin Felix Ranlett helped prepare her for Smith College. She went to work in the children's room of the Boston Public Library, where Alice Jordan's last generation of trainees maintained noble standards. She completed her MLS at the University of Rhode Island while working full time at the BPL; spent seven years as Supervisor of Children's Services at the Berkshire Athenaeum; and returned to school, earning her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. In 1988 she began teaching children's literature, library services to youth, and research methods at URI's Graduate School of Library and Information. She was appointed its director in 2006. Her first book for Scarecrow was Well-Dressed Role Models: The Portrayal of Women in Biographies for Children (2006); her previous work on Alice Jordan has been published in Libraries & the Cultural Record (2011), Children & Libraries (2010), and Marilyn Miller's Pioneers and Leaders in Library Services to Youth (2003), and presented at conferences of the Children's Literature Association (2011), Maine Library Association (2011), and Association for Library and Information Science Education (2009). Eaton retired in 2012. She now writes and volunteers for the RI Coalition of Library Advocates.
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Preface and Acknowledgments: Mapping Alice Jordan Chapter 1: Thomaston and the World 1870-1881 Chapter 2: The Auburndale Years 1881-1900 Chapter 3: Moving to Boston 1900-1901 Chapter 4: The Children's Room Initiation 1902 Chapter 5: The New Custodian Takes Hold 1902-1906 Chapter 6: Networks and Associations 1902-1907 Chapter 7: Progress and Outrage 1907-1917 Chapter 8: Turning Point 1917-1927 Chapter 9: Elder Stateswoman at the BPL 1927-1940 Chapter 10: Worlds Beyond 1940-1960 Epilogue: Following the Map Appendix A: Alice Jordan's Educational Tour 1902 Appendix B: Response to a 1916 Editorial Bibliography Index
Preface and Acknowledgments: Mapping Alice Jordan Chapter 1: Thomaston and the World 1870-1881 Chapter 2: The Auburndale Years 1881-1900 Chapter 3: Moving to Boston 1900-1901 Chapter 4: The Children's Room Initiation 1902 Chapter 5: The New Custodian Takes Hold 1902-1906 Chapter 6: Networks and Associations 1902-1907 Chapter 7: Progress and Outrage 1907-1917 Chapter 8: Turning Point 1917-1927 Chapter 9: Elder Stateswoman at the BPL 1927-1940 Chapter 10: Worlds Beyond 1940-1960 Epilogue: Following the Map Appendix A: Alice Jordan's Educational Tour 1902 Appendix B: Response to a 1916 Editorial Bibliography Index
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