TY - JOUR AU - Debra Gold Hansen AU - Karen F. Gracy AU - Sheri D. Irvin AB - This article explores the positive and negative aspects of the feminization of librarianship between 1880 and 1905, focusing on the early history of the Los Angeles (California) Public Library. It examines the careers of three of the institution's premiere women librarians: Mary Foy, Tessa Kelso, and Mary Jones. Its goal is to propose a more complex understanding of how early women professionals managed their careers within the institutional and political environment in which they worked and to see what patterns emerge pertaining to the employment history of the first generation of women librarians BT - Libraries & Culture IS - 4 LA - English N2 - This article explores the positive and negative aspects of the feminization of librarianship between 1880 and 1905, focusing on the early history of the Los Angeles (California) Public Library. It examines the careers of three of the institution's premiere women librarians: Mary Foy, Tessa Kelso, and Mary Jones. Its goal is to propose a more complex understanding of how early women professionals managed their careers within the institutional and political environment in which they worked and to see what patterns emerge pertaining to the employment history of the first generation of women librarians PY - 1999 SP - 311 EP - 346 T2 - Libraries & Culture TI - At the Pleasure of the Board: Women Librarians and the Los Angeles Public Library, 1880-1905 VL - 34 ER -