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Founding Mothers: Establishing Library Services in Columbia

(In-Person Attendance)

This year, we mark the 100th anniversary of the Columbia Public Library! Come learn about the first library in our community, and the vital roles played by the Tuesday Club and the League of Women Voters in its creation. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County. Adults & teens. Register here to attend in-person (masks required) or see full event info to get a Zoom link.

This year, we mark the 100th anniversary of the Columbia Public Library! Come learn about the creation of the first public library in our community. Genealogist and amateur historian Tim Dollens will discuss how the efforts of the Tuesday Club, a women's social group, were key to the library's formation, and how the League of Women Voters later helped pass a tax levy to improve and expand library services. 

Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County.

This program will be held in a hybrid format, giving attendees a choice to participate in person or virtually via Zoom. Please register here to attend in person. To attend via Zoom, please register via the Zoom event listing.

Masks are required for in-person attendees.

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