[4] Minudri earned a bachelor's degree from the San Francisco College for Women and received her Master of Library Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1959.

Minudri campaigned for president on the issues of validating the ALA-accredited Master of Library Science and increasing the visibility of pay equity for librarians as a national issue, drawing on her experience of winning a special equity adjustment for Berkeley Public Library staff.

[2] In 1974 Minudri received the American Library Association's Grolier Foundation Award for the promotion of reading by children and young people.

[1] The Hall of Fame recognition honored her work as an "outspoken proponent for public libraries.

[7] After her stroke, Minudri recuperated with the help of her partner, Carol Starr, and traveled widely in her retirement.