Carla Hayden
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican librarian and 14th Librarian of Congress (born 1952)
Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian who served as the 14th librarian of Congress. Hayden was both the first African American and the first woman to hold this post. Appointed in 2016, she was the first professional librarian to hold the post since 1974.
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Dr. Hayden (left) and actress Lynda Carter participating in the June 2017 "Library of Awesome" event that celebrated the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as they strike the typical pose of Wonder Woman
Smokey Robinson and Carla Hayden at the Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Ceremony at the Library of CongressAwards 9
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William O. DouglasAlso won American Library Association Honorary Membership
Helen B. TaussigAlso won Elizabeth Blackwell Award
Natalie Zemon DavisAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Richard M. DaleyAlso won Newberry Library Award
Jaroslav PelikanAlso won Newberry Library Award
Wendell FordAlso won American Library Association Honorary MembershipAbout this person
Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian who served as the 14th librarian of Congress. Hayden was both the first African American and the first woman to hold this post. Appointed in 2016, she was the first professional librarian to hold the post since 1974. In May 2025, she was dismissed from the post by President Donald Trump. On July 7, 2025, she was appointed senior fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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