Mary Irene Stanton

Mary Irene Stanton (February 11, 1862 – August 26, 1946) was an American teacher and the founder of the El Paso Public Library.

[1] Stanton started a reading club in 1894; she made her collection of 600-800 books available to her high-school students.

[2] By 1896, the El Paso Public Library association was founded with five members, and she was its president.

[1] In 1916, Stanton resigned from the public school system in El Paso.

[1] Stanton was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.

An old photograph of a large building with a pathway lined by trees leading to it
The original El Paso Public Library building.