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Alice Baker<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Our library is named after Alice Baker, a long-time local resident, educator, and library advocate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alice Baker was one of three children of Francis and Lydia Baker, early Eagle settlers. As a family, the Bakers were dedicated to public service.\u00a0 Alice\u2019s brother Earl Baker was noted for his humanitarian efforts in China, and a bridge spanning the Yellow River in Shensi Province was named in his honor.\u00a0 Alice\u2019s sister Aurel Baker was a Red Cross nurse in World War I, serving in Kiev, Russia.\u00a0 After returning home, Aurel was a long-time public health nurse for Waukesha County.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alice Baker graduated from Whitewater Normal School, now the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.\u00a0 She began her long career in education at Eagleville School in 1910. \u00a0A temporary move took her to Montana, where she taught botany.\u00a0 When she returned to Wisconsin, she continued her teaching at Whitewater High School, at Lancaster, and at Eau Claire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When she traveled to China to visit her brother in the early 1930s, she was persuaded to stay and teach for two years at the Kuling School in Peking, where her students were mostly children of American parents.\u00a0 In 1936, Alice returned to Wisconsin and to Eagleville School.\u00a0 Before her retirement in 1945, she also was employed by a school in Shullsburg, Wisconsin.\u00a0 She passed away in 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alice Baker was a strong advocate for the establishment of a public library in Eagle, and devoted much time and effort to make this possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, the Alice Baker Memorial Library is a busy, modern facility with a growing collection of books, in both printed and audio form,\u00a0 DVDs, music CDs, and computer software.\u00a0 The library moved into the present building in 1994.\u00a0 We were among the first libraries in Waukesha County to offer internet access to our patrons.<\/span>
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\n Alice Baker Library automated its circulation and catalog in November of 2001. In August 2005, we joined the CAFE group, sharing a catalog and patron database with thirteen other Waukesha County public libraries.\u00a0 Patron registrations continue to increase, and we are pleased to offer library services to all surrounding communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a02018\u00a0 Celebrating HER Story \u2013 The Women of Eagle<\/h3>\n

On Tuesday March 13, 2018, members of the Eagle Historical Society held a live performance telling the story of four women from Eagle Wisconsin\u2019s past.\u00a0 The event was sponsored jointly by the Alice Baker Library and Eagle Historical Society.\u00a0 Titled \u201cCelebrating HER Story \u2013 The Women of Eagle\u201d, the show was a smashing success with a full house!\u00a0\u00a0 Click here<\/a> to view the full video.
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Alice Baker   Our library is named after Alice Baker, a long-time local resident, educator, and library advocate. Alice Baker was one of three children of Francis and Lydia Baker, early Eagle settlers. As a family, the Bakers were dedicated to public service.\u00a0 Alice\u2019s brother Earl Baker was noted for his humanitarian efforts in China, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-318","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20641,"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions\/20641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alicebaker.lib.wi.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}