| 词条 | Virginia Mathews |
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Early life and educationMathews graduated from the Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, NJ in 1942. After high school, she took college courses at Goucher College, the University of Geneva, and Columbia University. In 2004, Morristown-Beard School awarded Mathews their Distinguished Alumni Award.[2] Literacy advocacyMathews wrote reviews of children's books for The New York Herald Tribune and The New York Times. She also served as Deputy Director and then Director of the National Book Committee. The committee selected the National Book Awards and promoted public literacy during a 14-year period (1957 to 1974). Mathews's work with the National Book Committee to promote reading also helped created National Library Week.[3] The Library of Congress now houses Mathews papers from her time working at the National Book Committee.[4] After leaving the National Book Committee, Mathews worked for the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Mathews organized the 1979 and 1991 White House Conferences on Library and Information Services.[5] She also helped develop the American Library Association's collaborations with Head Start.[4] During the 1960s, Mathews created the children's TV series Reading Out Loud with Westinghouse Broadcasting executive Mike Santangelo. Produced by Westinghouse for syndication, the show featured notable figures reading aloud their favorite books to children. It debuted in February 1960 on the five TV stations owned by Westinghouse in Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.[6] Reading Out Loud also opened on WNTA-TV (now WNET-TV) in New York City and 46 educational TV stations around the U.S. It ran as a half-hour show for 15 episodes.[7] Reading Out Loud featured guest appearances by:[8]
Honors and legacyIn 1965, the Women's National Book Association awarded Mathews their WNBA Book Award.[9] The American Indian Library Association awarded Mathews their Distinguished Service to Indian Libraries Award in 1993. Two years later, The Association for Library Service to Children also awarded Mathews a Distinguished Service Award.[3] In 2012, the American Indian Library Association named its library school scholarship after her.[10] Works
References1. ^{{cite book | title=Women of Color in Librarianship: An Oral History | page=21 | year=1998 | first=Kathleen | last=De la Peña McCook}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, Virginia}}2. ^Distinguished Alumni: 2004 - Virginia Hopper Mathews - 1942 "Virginia has been on an ongoing crusade for literacy since her graduation from the Beard School. She has served as a project director including the US Department of Education, the Endowments for both Arts and Humanities as well as the Department for Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Library of Congress. Never forgetting her American Indian roots, Virginia also took part in the First White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services in 1979, fighting for funds for libraries on Indian reservations. Her passion for children's education led her to serve as a consultant in the early stages of Sesame Street's development and to write the Sesame Street Parent Guide." 3. ^1 {{Citation | last1=Council of the American Library Association | series=Proceedings of the American Library Association | year=2011 | url=http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2011_annual_docus/memorial_15_virginia.pdf | title=Memorial Resolution Honoring Virginia Mathews |place=New Orleans, Louisiana }} 4. ^1 {{cite news | newspaper=Osage News | title= Mathew’s manuscripts on literacy sent to the U.S. Library of Congress | date=11 June 2009 | first=Shannon Shaw | last=Duty | url=http://osagenews.org/article/mathew’s-manuscripts-literacy-sent-us-library-congress}} 5. ^{{cite journal | journal=American Libraries | title=Children’s Services Champion Virginia Mathews Dies | issue=May/June | year=2011 | author=Beverly Goldberg | url=http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/children’s-services-champion-virginia-mathews-dies}} 6. ^{{cite journal | journal=Time | volume=75 | issue=7 | date=February 15, 1960 | page=69 | title=Back to Books?}} 7. ^{{cite book | title=Finding Your Native American Ancestors | pages=182–184 | year=2011 | first=Guy | last=Nixon}} 8. ^{{cite news | newspaper=The Sarasota Herald-Tribune | title=Television and Radio | date=February 1, 1960 | first=John | last=Crosby}} 9. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba-books.org/tag/wnba-award | title=WNBA Book Award}} 10. ^American Indian Library Association names scholarship in honor of Virginia Mathews 9 : 1925 births|2011 deaths|Literacy advocates|Reading skill advocates|American women writers|Morristown-Beard School alumni|Goucher College alumni|Columbia University alumni|University of Geneva alumni |
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