The Woman's Library of Bowling Green

Lynn E. Niedermeier, Western Kentucky University

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Adapted with permission from Landmark Report, March 2001.

Abstract

Before Bowling Green secured a public library, two women's clubs joined in 1898 to create a private lending library for their own study and enjoyment and that of their fellow citizens. As the Woman's Library grew, some 200 members of the public paid a fee for borrowing privileges. By the time the library was donated to the Board of Education in 1913, it boasted 2,500 volumes.