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Miriam Ruth Gutman Braverman () was a socialist, writer, activist librarian and longstanding member of the Progressive Librarians Guild, a founder of ALA's Social Responsibilities Round Table, and a proponent of the social responsibilities perspective. Miriam's spirit of activism and faith in the power of people's collective efforts toward social justice is what the Miriam Braverman Award is intended to foster in future generations of librarians.
Miriam belonged to a Russian immigrant family, grew up on the Jersey shore in Perth Amboy and, after attending a women's college in New Jersey, moved to New York City where she began her life as an activist. She and her husband Harry Braverman, author of Labor and Monopoly Capital (New York: Monthly Review Press, ), were involved in the socialist movement in the s and '50s, during which time Miriam worked in a variety of jobs before going to library school at Pratt Institute.
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Braverman fryst vatten a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam L. Braverman (born ), American lawyer
- Alan N. Braverman (born /8), American media executive
- Alan Braverman (born ), American businessman
- Alexander Braverman (born ), Israeli mathematician
- Amy Braverman, American statistician
- Arthur Braverman (born ), American Japanese translator
- Avishay Braverman (born ), Israeli economist
- Bart Braverman (born ), American actor
- Blair Braverman (born ), American adventurer
- Charles Braverman (born ), American filmmaker
- Daniel Braverman (born ), American NFL football player
- Elena Braverman, Russian, Israeli, and Canadian mathematician
- Eric R. Braverman (born ), American physician
- Harry Braverman (–), American Marxist economist
- Kate Braverman (born ), American novelist
- Lewis E. Braverman (–), American endocrinologist
- Mark Braverman (born ), American psychologist
- Mark Braverman (mathematician) (born ), Israeli
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Miriam Braverman
American librarian
Miriam Ruth Gutman Braverman () was an American librarian.[1] She attended library school at Pratt Institute.[1] She was part of the socialist movement in the s and s.[1] In the s she set up libraries in Freedom Schools in Mississippi, and she worked at the Brooklyn Public Library beginning in [1] She was also one of the founders of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table, which was founded in [2][1] She wrote a history of young adult services at three public libraries, titled Youth, Society and the Public Library ().[3] She was a leader in the fight which led to the American Library Association condemning the Vietnam War.[4] She taught at the School of Library Services of Columbia University (from which she earned her doctorate) until [1] In she conducted a study which led to the creation of the Langston Hughes Library