Hannah Eteson

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Hannah Eteson (died 1895) was an English librarian, the first woman to be appointed a public librarian in England.Evelyn Kerslake, A history of women workers in English libraries, 1871-1974, PhD Thesis, 1999, p.119, 158. Eteson was preceded in Scotland by Mrs M. L. Elliott at Hawick.

Hannah Eteson became Chief Librarian at Blackpool public library in 1880.Thomas Kelly, A History Of Public Libraries In Great Britain 1845-1975, 1909, p.103. Eteson was "appointed at 18/- a week, with a little extra for cleaning."James Birkett, Blackpool Libraries 1880-1980, 1980. Quoted in Evelyn Kerslake, A history of women workers in English libraries, 1871-1974, PhD Thesis, 1999, p.88. She served until 1891, when she was succeeded by her deputy, Kate Lewtas.