There is evidence of unionization in the field of public librarianship as
early as 1917, according to Library Literature. One attempt occurred in New
York and another in Detroit. Given the infancy of public librarianship at the
time and the fact that staffs were often made up of women just out of high
school and trained by the public libraries themselves, there was little hope for
a successful conclusion to such efforts. The social class from which these
young ladies had been selected, their complete identification with their public
libraries, and their genteel surroundings gave them little reason for identification
with the labor movement. The labor movement was not something that
one thought well of in those days anyway.
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