妇女在美国的图书情报事业及其专业教育的发展中发挥了相当重要的作用,如果没有她们的奉献和创造,美国的图书情报专业不可能达到目前的水平。美国建国初期,图书情报人员大多数是男性,他们曾极为精细地保存了各方面的档案资料,但却没有系统地记录和保存自己本专业所取得的成就。19世纪开始,越来越多的妇女进入图书情报领域工作,但这种状况依然如故。妇女对图书情报事业的发展及其它许多方面的重大贡献,甚至最突出的部分在图书情报史上也没有记载。尽管存在着某些例外,然而许多杰出的图书情报学者的生平及成就的档案资料没有建立或保存下来。值得庆幸的是,在近20年中经共同的努力,有关著名的 Women played a very important role in the development of library and information services and their professional education in the United States. Without their dedication and creativity, the library and information science profession in the United States can not reach the current level. In the early days of the founding of the United States, the majority of librarians were men. They had kept all kinds of archival materials extremely elaborately, but they did not systematically record and preserve their achievements in this field. Since the 19th century, more and more women have entered the field of library and information services, but this situation remains unchanged. Women have made great contributions to the development of Library and Information Science and many other aspects. Even the most prominent part of it has not been documented in the history of library and information. Despite some exceptions, the archives of the life and achievements of many prominent library and information scholars have not been established or preserved. Fortunately, the common efforts of the past two decades have been famous