Badass Librarians

6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History

They will not be shushed.

by April White April 5, 2024

An adaptation of Banksy’s “Flower Bomber,” this image shows a librarian throwing Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. HAFUBOTI/ CC BY-SA 4.0

Librarians have never been a quiet bunch: Information, after all, is power. To mark National Library Week—typically celebrated the second full week of April—Atlas Obscura, fittingly, went into the archives to find our favorite stories of librarians who have fostered cultural movements, protected national secrets, and fought criminals.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/famous-librarians-who-changed-history