Gratia Countryman

Gratia Alta Countryman was a nationally-known librarian who led the Minneapolis Public Library from 1904 to 1936. She was the daughter of immigrant farmers Alta and Levi Countryman. She pioneered many ways to make the library more accessible and user-friendly to all of the city's residents, regardless of age or economic position. Countryman was called the "first lady of Minneapolis" and the "Jane Addams of the libraries".

✓ Public Identity Verified ✓ LinkedIn Profile Mapped ✓ Public Records Indexed ✓ Zero-Trace View Enabled

William Albert Allard American documentary photographer Emmett L. Bennett Jr. American classicist and philologist Parker W. Borg American diplomat Norman Breslow American statistician and medical researcher David Brisbin American actor Erin Lee Carr American documentary filmmaker Edith Chase American environmental activist Jamar Clark 2015 killing of a Black man by Minneapolis Police