Cleveland's Multicultural Librarian: Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, 1870-1954

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Main Author: Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr.
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contents Cleveland's Multicultural Librarian: Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, 1870-1954 Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. Multicultural Education Librarians Cultural Pluralism Library Services Immigrants Recognition (Achievement) Migrant Education Profiles Career Development Librarian Teacher Cooperation Partnerships in Education English (Second Language) Ethnic Groups Community Characteristics Library Materials Library Development Outreach Programs Transitional Programs Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, who served immigrant populations in Cleveland throughout most of the Progressive Era and the Great Depression, was one of the first librarians to advocate for multiculturalism (then called cultural pluralism) as opposed to Americanism. In providing multicultural and multilingual library services for immigrants, Ledbetter was active locally as librarian at the Broadway Branch of the Cleveland Public Library and member of the Cleveland Americanization Committee and nationally as chair of the American Library Association's Committee on Work with the Foreign Born. She was recognized internationally as a bibliographer of Polish literature and translator of Czech folktales, for which she was awarded honors by the Polish and Czechoslovak governments, and as an unofficial ambassador for the American public library in eastern and southeastern Europe, specifically the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
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spellingShingle Cleveland's Multicultural Librarian: Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, 1870-1954
Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr.
Multicultural Education
Librarians
Cultural Pluralism
Library Services
Immigrants
Recognition (Achievement)
Migrant Education
Profiles
Career Development
Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Partnerships in Education
English (Second Language)
Ethnic Groups
Community Characteristics
Library Materials
Library Development
Outreach Programs
Transitional Programs
Cleveland's Multicultural Librarian: Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, 1870-1954 Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. Multicultural Education Librarians Cultural Pluralism Library Services Immigrants Recognition (Achievement) Migrant Education Profiles Career Development Librarian Teacher Cooperation Partnerships in Education English (Second Language) Ethnic Groups Community Characteristics Library Materials Library Development Outreach Programs Transitional Programs Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, who served immigrant populations in Cleveland throughout most of the Progressive Era and the Great Depression, was one of the first librarians to advocate for multiculturalism (then called cultural pluralism) as opposed to Americanism. In providing multicultural and multilingual library services for immigrants, Ledbetter was active locally as librarian at the Broadway Branch of the Cleveland Public Library and member of the Cleveland Americanization Committee and nationally as chair of the American Library Association's Committee on Work with the Foreign Born. She was recognized internationally as a bibliographer of Polish literature and translator of Czech folktales, for which she was awarded honors by the Polish and Czechoslovak governments, and as an unofficial ambassador for the American public library in eastern and southeastern Europe, specifically the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
title Cleveland's Multicultural Librarian: Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, 1870-1954
topic Multicultural Education
Librarians
Cultural Pluralism
Library Services
Immigrants
Recognition (Achievement)
Migrant Education
Profiles
Career Development
Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Partnerships in Education
English (Second Language)
Ethnic Groups
Community Characteristics
Library Materials
Library Development
Outreach Programs
Transitional Programs
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