Mary Elizabeth Wood
Mary Elizabeth Wood was an American librarian and missionary, best known for her work in promoting Western librarianship practices and programs in China. She is credited with the foundation of the first library school in China, the Boone Library School, as well as spurring the development of Chinese librarianship as a modern profession.
Mary Elizabeth Wood was born in Elba, New York, USA, to parents Edward Farmer and Mary Jane Wood. The only daughter among seven brothers, she attended a mixture of private and public schools while growing up in Batavia, New York. Wood later attended library school at Pratt Institute in New York City and at Simmons College. Described in her childhood as a great reader, she was appointed the first librarian of the Richmond Memorial Library when she was twentyeight years old, and worked there for ten years.
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