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Lea was born on July 11, 1907, in El Paso, Texas, to Thomas Calloway Lea Jr. and Zola May (née Utt). [2] [3] From 1915 to 1917, his father was mayor of El Paso.As mayor, his father made a public declaration that he would arrest Pancho Villa if he dared enter El Paso, after Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916. [2]
After graduating in 1908 from library school, she moved to El Paso, Texas in August to be the librarian of the El Paso Public Library after Clara Mulliken resigned. [1] In 1912, she married John Kevin Sullivan, a mining engineer, at St. Clement's Church [4] and moved with him to New Mexico's Mogollan Mountains, [3] located in the Gila Wilderness. [4]
The El Paso Public Library is the longest continuously active public library system in Texas. [2] It was founded by Mary Irene Stanton, an El Paso area teacher. [3] Stanton "single-handedly becomes founder of the El Paso Public Library" when in 1894, she donated her personal collection of 1,000 books for a boy's Reading Club which was housed in a room in the Sheldon Building. [4]
Upon hearing the news, the local library collective, EPAL (El Paso Area Libraries) met to organize a library support rally. They used the ALA (American Library Association) “Save America’s Libraries” toolkit and followed the model rally agenda to plan the event. [91] The rally was held in the Fabens Middle School cafeteria.
Mary Irene Stanton (February 11, 1862 – August 26, 1946) was an American teacher and the founder of the El Paso Public Library.She was born in Georgia and taught for many years before the founding of the library, and continued to teach after leaving her position as president of the El Paso Public Library Association.
From 1991 to 1995, she was the Director of the Oak Park Public Library. [2]Brey-Casiano served as executive director of the El Paso Public Library.In 2001, Brey-Casiano stood up against the Texas Ranger, mayor of El Paso, Texas, a lawyer named Francisco Domínguez, and the El Paso police for the purpose of protecting intellectual freedom and privacy of library users.
Mack took the position of Public Library Director of El Paso Public Library in January 2011. [8] [9] She became the deputy city manager of public safety and support services of El Paso on July 17, 2017. [10] She was named to the Crain's New York 40 under 40 business leader list in 2008. [4]
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