Adrienne Barth, 89; Librarian, Activist

“Adrienne Mayer Barth, 89, who did volunteer work as a D.C. public school librarian and an activist for the American Civil Liberties Union, died April 16 at Georgetown University Hospital of complications after surgery for a broken hip.”

“Mrs. Barth was born in Washington, and she graduated from Central High School and Goucher College. She was the widow of Alan Barth, a Washington Post editorial writer, who died in 1979.”

“In the 1950s and 1960s, she was a volunteer librarian with the D.C. schools. She was an ACLU volunteer in the 1970s and 1980s.” (from The Washington Post)