[Mpls] Naming the Library

[Greg Abbott]

On Aug 23, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Ray Marshall wrote:

> In two years there won't be 50 people who would be able to identify
> Countryman, other than by guessing that she was a librarian or  
> something.
>
> Being that a library contains books, how about naming the new  
> building after
> Sinclair Lewis?  I was going to suggest F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I can
> visualize the trauma that would be caused "east of the river" if I  
> were to
> suggest that.

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis don't need any help to be  
remembered by history.

Gratia Countryman does need help to be remembered.

Your statement -- that less than 50 people know who she is --  is  
actually an argument FOR naming the library after her.

Greg Abbott
Linden Hills