Virginia Proctor Powell Florence (October 1, 1897 – 1991) was a trailblazer in both African-American history and the history of librarianship. In 1923 she became the first black woman in the United States to earn a degree in library science. This also made her the second African-American to be formally trained in librarianship, after Edward Christopher Williams.
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1 October 1897
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Died |
1991 (aged 93)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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