Doris E. Saunders

Biography

Doris E. Saunders (August 8, 1921 – March 24, 2014) was an American librarian, author, editor, businesswoman, and professor of Journalism. She started her career in 1942 as a Junior Library Assistant with the Chicago Public Library (CPL) system. She quickly rose through the ranks and in 1948 she became the highest-ranking African-American Librarian at the CPL. In 1949, she went to work for Johnson Publishing Company establishing the first corporate research library by and about African Americans.

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