Ada E. North

Ada E. North
BornNovember 19, 1840 
DiedJanuary 9, 1899  (aged 58)
OccupationLibrarian 

Ada E. North (November 19, 1840 – January 9, 1899) was an American librarian. North served as the Iowa State Librarian from 1871 to 1878, becoming one of the first women to hold a state office in the United States. She later worked as the first full-time librarian at the University of Iowa and was one of the cofounders of the Iowa Library Association.