In this story from the Oregonian, we learn about librarian,
Miss Hunt,
who stood her ground during World War I. She worked for the
Library Association of Portland, now the Multnomah County Library
John Terry writes:
\”All citizens were under pressure to assign money, and public
employees were instructed it was public duty to commit part of their
paychecks.
Louise Hunt thought otherwise. She was a pacifist and made no secret
of it.
Anonymous word of her refusal inspired the drive\’s chieftains to
furious scorn. A delegation was dispatched to Hunt\’s boss, head
librarian Isom, to demand Hunt either be commanded to duty or
dismissed.\”
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