110:. The state library which had been described as having "little attention given to it" and "a dumping ground for cartloads of documents" before her arrival saw a card catalog created by Jeffers. Jeffers and library staffer Miss Fornance created over 9000 typewritten cards by August, 1897. Jeffers oversaw a move of the library from its location in the State Capitol Building to the Court House Building. She also hired an indexer, L. H. Dielman, who became the assistant state librarian and assisted her in reorganizing and rearranging the previous system.
102:, in a move that surprised people because it was not a partisan appointment and in fact was objected to by members of his party. At the time it was a controversial appointment because it was claimed that Maryland's State Constitution wouldn't recognize women as state officials. The incumbent state librarian originally would not cede the position, but eventually relented. Jeffers was reappointed in 1900 by
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Belgian musician and composer Alexandre-Gustave d'Aussoigne-Méhul and they had one child, William Nicholson. When the couple divorced she and her son changed their surname back to Jeffers in 1886. Jeffers lived in Annapolis where she owned rental property, but also
90:. She clashed with the Annapolis City Council when a residential railway was proposed through her neighborhood and, with other local homeowners, filed suit in the local circuit court which they lost.
73:(August 25, 1851 - February 9, 1946) was an American librarian known for being the first female state official in Maryland. She served as State Librarian of Maryland from 1896 through 1908.
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