An African Pioneer
| Reference Type | Journal Article |
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| Year of Publication |
1997
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| Journal |
Library Association Record
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| Volume |
99
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| Issue |
2
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| Pagination |
96-97
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| Language |
English
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| Abstract |
Superintending the education of girls, encouraging library development, and working with leprosy patients kept a former Cheltenham Ladies' College and librarian of Girton College, Cambridge, very busy in pre independence West Africa. Reports on Ethel Fegan's library activities, her co-workers, and the issues they faced in British colonial Africa of the 1940s. |
| Annotation |
Biographical essay on Ethel Fagan (1877-1975), a British librarian who served as Lady Superintendent of Education for the Nigerian Government (1930-35) and later surveyed library needs in West Africa for the Carnegie Corporation of New York. |
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