The librarians for Iowa’s public libraries were almost always women. In this list, their status as a single or married/widowed woman is indicated by their preceding title.
Miss Martha Bangs
Carroll Public Library
Charlotte V. Bryant
Newton Public Library
Mrs. Edna G. Coffin
Laurens Public Library
Miss Josephine B. Logsdon
Colfax Public Library
Miss Abbie J. Converse
Cresco Public Library
Crocker, Mrs. Orel.
Sigourney Public Library
Miss Mary E. Downey
Ottumwa Public Library
Mrs. Lillian Appleby
Emmetsburg Public Library
Gibbons, Miss Ruth
Cherokee Public Library, Oelwein Public Library, and Sigourney Public Library
Mrs. Henrietta E. Groesbeck
Newton Public Library
Miss Winifred McCoid
Logan Public Library
Mrs. Atlanta Cook
Marengo Public Library
Miss Hattie Crenshaw
Marengo Public Library
Miss Pearl Hamilton
Marengo Public Library
Miss Anna Patterson
Marengo Public Library
Mrs. Francisca Raney
Marengo Public Library
Miss Perry, Maud
Humboldt Public Library
Miss Pinney, Nellie
Humboldt Public Library
Miss Shellenberger, Grace
Humboldt Public Library
Miss Mary M. Marvin
Monticello Public Library
Miss Gypsie N. Patton
Newton Public Library
Mrs. Helen Inghram
Osceola Public Library
