Anne Burton Jeffers (August 25, 1851 - February 9, 1946) was an American librarian known for being the first female state official in Maryland.
[2] The state library which had been described as having "little attention given to it" and "a dumping ground for cartloads of documents" before her arrival saw a card catalog created by Jeffers.
[9][10] Jeffers and library staffer Miss Fornance created over 9000 typewritten cards by August, 1897.
[11] When Jeffers reapplied for the State librarian position in 1908, her application was denied by Governor Austin Lane Crothers and she resigned on February 29.
[13] She died on February 10, 1946, at the Home for Incurables, and is buried in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.