The
Friends wish to welcome new Library Board Member Kathleen Sheldon. Her
connections with UCLA include a Ph.D. in history, and an affiliation as a
independent research scholar with the Center for the Study of Women, which
awarded her the Tillie Olsen grant for travel and research. Her work focuses on
sub-Saharan African women’s history from early times to the present. One of her
recent publications is Pounders of Grain: A History of Women, Work, and
Politics in Mozambique.
Sheldon
previously served on the Santa Monica Commission on the Status of
Women from 1992-2002. Her dedication and commitment to SMPL is strong, and
she is pleased to bring a woman's perspective to what was an all-male
board. “The Library is such an essential part of the community … to
support its continuity and growth is my goal.” She fills the vacated seat of
Edward Edwards, who now serves on the Arts Commission.
