Agnes Inglis

For the Scottish charity fundraiser born Agnes Inglis, see Agnes Morrison.

Agnes Inglis
Inglis in 1891
Curator of the Labadie Collection
In role 1924–1952
Preceded by	Jo Labadie
Succeeded by	Edward Weber
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Born	Agnes Ann Inglis 1870 (1870) Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died	January 30, 1952(1952-01-30) (aged 81) Michigan, United States
Education	University of Michigan
Occupation	Librarian, archivist
Movement	Anarchism in the United States
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Agnes Ann Inglis (1870 – January 30, 1952) was an American librarian and anarchist activist. Born into a wealthy family, she was radicalized by her work as a social worker and was inspired by the works of Emma Goldman to join the American anarchist movement. She used her inheritance to support the movement, paying into strike funds and for the bail of arrested activists. Following the First Red Scare, she began working at the Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan Library. She soon became the head curator of the collection, developing a system of organization that contextualized items by their subject. She devoted the rest of her life to the collection, expanding, organizing and providing public access to it.