Dorothy HENDERSON

We have recently learned that Dorothy Henderson died on July 18, 2023. She was ninety-eight
years of age and resided with her nephew in Rockville, Maryland, at the time of her death.

Dorothy grew up in the Bronx during the Depression. She wrote about her early life in Home: A
Bronx Girl Remembers, published in 2020. Born into a poor family, she found community with
neighbors and friends from the playground. Dorothy spent the war years making maps for the
U.S. Army Map Service. She also served as a Junior Hostess at the Stage Door Canteen. Both
jobs were done in secret and revealed in her book.

She began her NYPL career in 1946 after leaving a position at the Hunter College Library. She
worked at various branches, including 67th Street, Bloomingdale, Riverside, and Hunt’s Point.
She became a Supervising Librarian at the Parkchester Branch. In 1968, Dorothy was appointed
the Westchester Square branch librarian, a position she held until her retirement in September
1989.

See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 46, page 15.
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See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 38, page 16.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 38, page 9.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 31, page 14.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 22, page 6.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 19, page 9.
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 10, page 5.