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Ruth Brown (born Hiawatha, Kansas, July 26, 1891, died 1975〔Robbins, Louise S. ''The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown''. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000.〕) was an American librarian, best known for her dismissal from service for civil rights activities in the late 1940s. On July 25, 1950, she was dismissed after 30 years of service as the Bartlesville, Oklahoma public librarian.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ruth Brown )〕 She was accused of providing "subversive" materials to the public and indoctrinating children against the principles of America. However, it was widely believed at the time that her dismissal was in response to her activities promoting the equality of African-Americans during a time when the leading citizens of the city were not ready to face equality for all. ==Life== Brown was born in Hiawatha, Kansas on July 26, 1891 She attended high school in California and then Northwestern State Normal School in Alva, Oklahoma.〔 Graduating in 1910, Brown then attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Brown also attended the School of Library Service of Columbia University during summers, where she was worked with Helen E. Haines and Ernestine Rose, both of which were fierce supporters of intellectual freedom.〔Robbins, Louise S. The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 p. 34〕〔 After finishing her Bachelor’s degree, Brown moved to the small town of Bartlesville in 1919, where her parents now lived.〔 In November 1919, Brown accepted the job a librarian at the local Carnegie Library in Bartlesville.〔 She felt a calling to her work and said she would not marry because the library was "like a marriage to her."〔 She was passionate about the children who visited the library, knew them all by name, and even persuaded some to become librarians.〔Robbins, Louise S. The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 p. 29〕 Active in the Oklahoma Library Association (OLA), Brown was elected secretary in 1920, treasurer in 1926, and president in 1931.〔Robbins, Louise S. The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 p. 30〕 During her presidential year she gave a speech which promoted librarians to "reduce to a minimum worry about lost books" and to encourage the many who did not "make use of their right to library service."〔Robbins, Louise S. The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000 p. 32〕 She stated that libraries should provide "recreational culture suited to all needs" of the community they served which was a forward thinking idea for libraries at that time.〔 Like Ranganathan's first law, she believed books were for use and wanted "books worn out by use."〔 Brown truly believed that the library should be both a repository for information and a source for wholesome recreation.〔
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