American library staffing was 85 per cent female by 1914

Evidence

In the United States, the sudden proliferation of libraries in small communities saw a wave of appointments of female librarians. At the outbreak of the First World War, 85 per cent of the staff employed in American libraries were women, whereas in England the proportions were exactly reversed. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 724

Categorization

• XREF: Reverse of England’s male-majority staffing; connects to gendered labour histories of feminised professions such as teaching and nursing.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 724