Retirement and Legacy
Eastman retired from the library in 1938 at age 71, citing a desire to spend more time outdoors. The Plain Dealer summed up the library’s condition at the time of her retirement: “She leaves the library the third largest in the United States, with 28 branches, 108 stations, 30 school libraries and ten county libraries administered under the system. Also with a million books on its shelves, a circulation of over eight million a year, and the good will of the entire population of Cleveland, each man, woman and child having been sold the idea that the Public Library is his own private library, to serve him according to his needs". Following her retirement, both a branch library and a special ‘reading garden’ in the Main Library were named in her honor. Eastman died in 1963 at age 96.
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