caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
mary elizabeth wood 01 may 1931 wuchang , china elba , new york united states 22 august 1861 her work in china wood photo.jpg mary elizabeth wood
 mary elizabeth wood librarian
mary elizabeth wood

mary elizabeth wood -lrb- august 22 , 1861 -- may 1 , 1931 -rrb- was an american librarian and missionary , best known for her work in promoting western librarianship practices and programs in china .
she is credited with the foundation of the first library school in china , the boone library school , as well as spurring the development of chinese librarianship as a modern profession .
