Angeline Vernon Milner
American librarian
Angeline ("Ange") Vernon Milner (April 9, 1856 – January 13, 1928) was the first full-time librarian hired at Illinois State Normal University. She was also an author and a founding member of the Illinois Library Association.
Early life
Angeline "Ange" Vernon Milner was born in Bloomington, Illinois on April 9, 1856. Her parents were John Vernon Milner and Angeline Baker Milner. She was the oldest of six children. Given her mother, Angeline's, experience as a governess in Boston, she viewed public school as insufficient, and thus educated Ange at home. She taught her the alphabet by age two and had her reading at age four. Ange would read to her younger siblings every Sunday. Her father claimed she had her own form of pronunciation. Her mother exposed her to books on literature, art, and history, which ignited such interests within her and influenced her throughout her life.
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