Breaking Glass Ceilings: Clara Stanton Jones and the Detroit Public Library

Discover the story of the first woman to direct a major public library system in the United States and the first African American president of the American Library Association.

Jones's appointment to Director of the Detroit Public Library in 1970 resulted in a public backlash against her hiring. Two members of the library board resigned in protest and library commissioners refused to honor the supplemental salary that was to be paid to the incoming director. Despite it all, Jones rose to the...