A 1885 graduate of West High School, Eastman was a school teacher before joining the staff of the Cleveland Public Library in 1892. She rose through the ranks and became the Library's Librarian in 1918, the first woman to serve as the Librarian of a Metropolitan Library system in the United States. She served in the office until her retirement in 1938. The American Library Association selected her as one of the country's 100 most important librarians. The Eastman Reading Garden, the small park located between the Cleveland Public Library's two downtown buildings on Superior Avenue, is named in her honor. This photograph was taken circa 1918, at about the time she became Cleveland Public Library's Librarian. | Source: Ohio History Connection, Ohio Memories, Digital Photograph CollectionDownload Original File
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"Linda Anne Eastman (1867-1963)" appears in: West High
