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.
Charlotte V. Bryant
Newton Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Edna-G-Coffin-LPL-Librarian-1914-1957-249x300.png)
Mrs. Edna G. Coffin
Laurens Public Library
Miss Josephine B. Logsdon
Colfax Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Cresco-Abbie-J-Converse-Library-Director-1912-1947.jpg)
Miss Abbie J. Converse
Cresco Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ottumwa-1902-MissMaryDowney-192x300.png)
Miss Mary E. Downey
Ottumwa Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Appleby-191x300.jpg)
Mrs. Lillian Appleby
Emmetsburg Public Library
Mrs. Henrietta E. Groesbeck
Newton Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Logan-Undated-Shana-8-217x300.png)
Miss Winifred McCoid
Logan Public Library
Mrs. Atlanta Cook
Marengo Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hattie-L.-Crenshaw-Copy-201x300.png)
Miss Hattie Crenshaw
Marengo Public Library
Miss Pearl Hamilton
Marengo Public Library
Miss Anna Patterson
Marengo Public Library
Mrs. Francisca Raney
Marengo Public Library
![](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mary-marvin-portrait-monticello-librarian-245x300.jpg)
Miss Mary M. Marvin
Monticello Public Library
Miss Gypsie N. Patton
Newton Public Library
![A portrait of Mrs. Helen Inghram, second librarian of the Osceola Public Library. Source: Osceola Public Library](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Osceola-1917-1923-MrsHelen-Inghram--244x300.jpg)
Mrs. Helen Inghram
Osceola Public Library
![1911-1917, Portrait of Mrs. Anna Karr, Librarian](https://carnegielibrariesiowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Osceola-1911-1917-MrsAnna-Karr-242x300.jpg)