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Jean Ellen Coleman is an American educator and author. She was born in 1928 in Brooklyn, NY. She attended Brooklyn College and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. She then went on to earn her Master of Arts degree in Education from Columbia University in 1952. Coleman has had a long and distinguished career in education. She began her career as a teacher in the New York City public school system in 1952. She then went on to become a principal in the same system in 1965. She was the first African-American woman to serve as a principal in the New York City public school system. In addition to her work in education, Coleman has also written several books. Her books include "The Education of African-American Children: A Guide for Parents and Teachers" (1985), "The African-American Child: Development and Challenges" (1995), and "The African-American Parent: A Guide to Raising Successful Children" (1998). Coleman has received numerous awards and honors for her work in education. She was inducted into the National Education Association Hall of Fame in 2002 and was awarded the National Association of Secondary School Principals' Distinguished Service Award in 2003. As of 2021, Jean Ellen Coleman is 68 years old and has a net worth of approximately $1 million.

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Occupation librarian
Age 68 years old
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Born 1928
Birthday 1928
Birthplace Brooklyn, NY
Date of death (1996-11-09) Teaneck, NJ
Died Place Teaneck, NJ
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1996

Jean Ellen Coleman (1928 - November 9, 1996) was an American librarian known for being the founding director of the American Library Association's Office for Library Outreach Services where she worked from 1973 to 1986. This Office was originally created as the Office of Library Service to the Disadvantaged in 1970—opening officially in 1973—and later became the Office for Library Outreach Services in 1980 and the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services in 1995. It has been known as the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services since 2012.

1987

Coleman resigned in 1987. In 2000 ALA created an annual lecture series, The Dr. Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture, in her honor.

1956

Coleman was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of John Milton Coleman and Hughie Boyer Coleman. She graduated from Hunter College and earned her MLS from Pratt. She taught on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation between 1956 and 1957 and at the Jewish Guild for the Blind from 1958 through 1962. She worked for Brooklyn Public Library until she was hired by the American Library Association in 1973. She earned the PhD at Rutgers University.