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Jun 2024
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SMNTY Classics: Librarians, Part 1

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Being a librarian was originally a man's job. Then Melvil Dewey and his book-loving bros came along and changed all that. But while the feminization of librarianship offered a new occupation for women, it was built on old ideas about female nature and its proper place. Learn more in this classic episode.

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