Amelia Gayle Gorgas

Amelia Gayle Gorgas

Amelia Gayle Gorgas (June 1, 1826 - January 3, 1913) was librarian and post-mistress of the University of Alabama for 25 years until her retirement at the age of eighty in 1907. She expanded the library from 6,000 to 20,000 volumes. The primary library at the university is named after her.

Amelia was the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle, the wife of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas. She was elected to the Alabama's Women Hall of Fame in 1973.

External links

* [http://www.awhf.org/gorgas.html Alabama's Women Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/gorgas/ University of Alabama Gorgas Library]


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