her dismissal, saying she was very popular with students, although ill health may also have played a factor. Service to librarianship and legacy North was one of five library advocates to call a meeting in 1890 in Des Moines to create the Iowa Library Society; in 1896 the organization was renamed the Iowa Library Association. She was instrumental in promoting a training program for working librarians, suggesting that an organization "take up the work and start a training class in connection with its own library". She wrote an article for Library Journal in 1891 reporting on the efforts of Iowa librarians, urging: From the end of her work at the university in 1892 to her death, she suffered from ill health. North died on January 9, 1899, in Des Moines, Iowa. After her death, Johnson Brigham, the State Librarian from 1898 to 1936, discussed the significance of her achievements: References 1840 births 1899 deaths American librarians American women librarians People from Alexander, New York People from Des Moines, Iowa University of Iowa faculty American women academics