#TBT - Meet Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones

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Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones

"The year I finished high school there was a failure of banks all over the country as we were moving into a very heavy depression... I wrote to Hampton and I got admitted, and I got a scholarship and an opportunity to work...I have never regretted it. I have always felt that the fact that I had to work to go to college made me a better person."

—Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones >>click here to read the full interview

Virginia Lacy Jones in Office, circa 1975 image source: Atlanta University Center

"...the women in my family were strong women, and I identified with them... I never had a feeling that being a woman was a barrier in anything I wanted to do."

—Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones >>click here to read the full interview

Virginia Lacy Jones at a Library School Event, circa 1956 image source: Atlanta University Center

Meet Dr. Virgina L. Jones >>Interview with Dean Virginia Lacy Jones >>Dr. Jones & the Power of Public Libraries >>Virginia Lacy Jones Papers >>Black Woman Oral History Project Reel #1 >>Black Woman Oral History Project Reel #2

Leadership Reflection Early in her career, the Dean of Hampton's library school told Virginia Lacy Jones that money wasn't everything in getting started and that it was important to begin her career in the right place.

What choices did Dr. Jones make throughout her career journey to ensure she was in the "right" place?

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