Amanda Sullivan Randle Rudd
Amanda Sullivan Randle Rudd (April 9, 1923 – February 11, 2017) was an American librarian and the first African American and the first woman to serve as Commissioner of the Chicago Public Library. Life Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Rudd attended Florida A & M University and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, the latter from which she earned her master’s in library science degree. During her time in Cleveland, she worked in the public school system teaching second grade, and later became Assistant Director of School Libraries for Cleveland’s public schools. In 1970, she moved to Chicago, where she worked for Field Enterprises as an education consultant to school systems, helping them adopt the company’s publication, ''World Book Encyclopedia'', into their curriculum. In 1975, she was hired on at the Chicago Public Library as assistant chief librarian, focusing on community outreach, before taking on a deputy commissioner position and later an acting comm ...
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