Florence Ljunggren

Florence Ziegler was born in Florence, Nebraska, the daughter of M. Christian Ziegler and Kristiane (Christina) Offersen Ziegler. Both of her parents were born in Denmark.1910 United States census, via Ancestry. When she was a small child, her father died when the family's home burned down.{{Cite news |date=1911-07-21 |title=New Home for Widow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florence-tribune-new-home-for-widow/167126375/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Florence Tribune |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} She was a stenographer in Chicago as a young woman,1930 United States census, via Ancestry. and participated in archaeological excavations in the American Southwest.{{Cite news |date=1941-10-10 |title=Art Class Hears Talk on Indian Weaving by Mrs. Thor Ljunggren |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-art-class-hears-tal/167124511/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com}} She earned a master's degree in library science at Columbia University.The American University in Cairo, [https://digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu/digital/collection/p15795coll3/id/7122/ "Board of Trustees meeting minutes"] (January 1, 1956): page 3, item 12.

Ljunggren was active in the Altrurian Club of Springfield, Vermont.{{Cite news |date=1946-04-25 |title=Mildred Reid, Writer-Critic, to Address Springfield Scribblers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-mildred-reid-write/167122134/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |via=Newspapers.com|work=Springfield Reporter |pages=2}}{{Cite news |date=1946-05-16 |title=Two Altrurians Win State Awards in Lit. Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-two-altrurians-win/167122413/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |via=Newspapers.com |pages=4}} She taught art,{{Cite news |date=1941-06-06 |title=Art Classes This Summer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-art-classes-this-su/167124724/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com}} and lectured on various topics, including Native American weaving, Danish girls' lives, and German culture.{{Cite news |date=1945-06-07 |title=Intermediate G. Scouts Hold Annual Banquet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-intermediate-g-sco/167125362/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1942-10-08 |title=Civic Forum Hears Mrs. Thor Ljunggren |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-civic-forum-hears-m/167124370/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |pages=18 |via=Newspapers.com}} She organized the club's exhibit, "Vermont at Work", in 1946.{{Cite news |date=1946-02-21 |title='Vermont at Work' Exhibit Community House Feb. 26 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-vermont-at-work-e/167121237/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |via=Newspapers.com|pages=1}}{{Cite news |date=1946-05-16 |title=Altrurian Club Wins Historical Soc. Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-altrurian-club-wins/167122317/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |via=Newspapers.com |pages=3}} The exhibit won national honors, and became part of the permanent display in the state capital.{{Cite news |date=1946-04-25 |title=National Honors for Altrurian Club Exhibit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/vermont-journal-national-honors-for-altr/167122524/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Vermont Journal |via=Newspapers.com |pages=1}} Also in 1946, she was a finalist in a national essay contest sponsored by the General Federation of Women's Clubs and Atlantic Monthly.{{Cite news |date=1946-07-02 |title=Mrs. Ljunggren Receives Award in Magazine Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-reporter-mrs-ljunggren-rece/167123250/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Springfield Reporter |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} She was elected secretary of Vermont's chapter of the United World Federalists in 1949.{{Cite news |date=1949-11-08 |title=Select D. C. Davis; Barre Man Named to National Council of World Federalists |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-barre-daily-times-select-d-c-davis/167125039/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Barre Daily Times |pages=1}}

Ljunggren worked at the New York Public Library and at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.[https://digitalcollections.aucegypt.edu/digital/collection/p15795coll26/id/601/ "Meet AUC's New Staff Members"] Campus Caravan (October 4, 1956): 4.{{Cite news |date=1954-12-01 |title=Library to Open Smoking Area |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-library-to-open-smoking/167123090/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Evening Sun |pages=34 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1956, she became a librarian on the staff of the American University in Cairo.{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Lawrence R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUhT1rb7dgYC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA133&dq=Florence%20Ljunggren&pg=PA138#v=onepage&q=Florence%20Ljunggren&f=false |title=The American University in Cairo, 1919-1987 |date=1987 |page=138 |publisher=American Univ in Cairo Press |isbn=978-977-424-156-7 |language=en}} From 1962 to 1966, Ljunggren was director of the school's library. She published several reference guides to resources on the Middle East and North Africa.

• An international directory of institutes and societies interested in the Middle East (1962, with Charles L. Geddes){{Cite book |last=Ljunggren |first=Florence |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001246668 |title=An international directory of institutes and societies interested in the Middle East. |last2=Geddes |first2=C. L. |date=1962 |publisher=Djambatan |location=Amsterdam}}{{Cite journal |last=Al-Faruqi |first=Isma'Il Ragi |date=1963 |title=Review of An international directory of institutes and societies interested in the Middle East |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20832678 |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=157–158 |issn=0578-8072}}
• Annotated guide to journals dealing with the Middle East and North Africa (1964, with Mohammed Hamdi){{Cite book |last=Ljunggren |first=Florence |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Annotated_Guide_to_Journals_Dealing_with.html?id=42wZAAAAMAAJ |title=Annotated Guide to Journals Dealing with the Middle East and North Africa |last2=Ḥamdī |first2=Muḥammad |date=1964 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |language=en}}
• The Arab World index: An international guide to periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities in the contemporary Arab World, 1960-1964 (1967){{Cite book |last=Ljunggren |first=Florence |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Arab_World_Index.html?id=njQzAQAAIAAJ |title=The Arab World Index: An International Guide to Periodical Literature in the Social Sciences and Humanities in the Contemporary Arab World, 1960-1964 |date=1967 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |language=fr}}

Ziegler married Swedish-born Thor Hagbert Ljunggren. They had a son, Bengt (1932–1984), born in Sweden.{{Cite news |date=1984-06-11 |title=Obituary for Bengt Ljunggren |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune-obituary-for/167125655/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Peninsula Times Tribune |pages=41 |via=Newspapers.com}} The Ljunggrens divorced in 1955.{{Cite news |date=1955-12-08 |title=Addison County Court Grants Three Divorces |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/burlington-daily-news-addison-county-cou/167151356/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Burlington Daily News |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} She died in 1988, at the age of 81.United States Social Security Death Index, via Ancestry.

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