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Mary Emily Foy

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Mary Emily Foy

Birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
18 Feb 1962 (aged 99)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Section H, Lot 5030
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First woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served for only four years but left a legacy for Los Angeles librarians to remember.
First woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served for only four years but left a legacy for Los Angeles librarians to remember.

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  • Maintained by: AJ
  • Added: May 22, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9475/mary_emily-foy: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Emily Foy (13 Jul 1862–18 Feb 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9475, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor 1003).