This document presents three essays which challenge the image of women librarians as passive and subservient; reexamine the feminine ethic of caring; and document the power of a pervasive women's network that was generational as well as hierarchical and social. The first paper, "Invisible, Indestructible Network: Women and the Diffusion of Librarianship at the Turn of the Century" (Laurel A. Grotzinger), provides insight into the contributions of pioneering women librarians and library educators, illustrating the hierarchical, horizontal, social, and communication networks that permeated the turn-of-the-century library world. The second paper, "Southerners in the North and Northerners in the South: The Impact of the Library School of the University of Illinois on Southern Librarianship" (James V. Carmichael, Jr.), assesses the collective impact of the University of Illinois Library School graduates in the South. The experience of southern students in a northern school is documented and the following topics are discussed: northern-born librarians in the South, racial relations, southern economic conditions, deficiencies of library education in the South prior to 1930, and the question of professional loyalties versus a national professional standard. The third paper, "Women as Visionaries, Mentors, and Agents of Change" (Mary Niles Maack), discusses three periods in the history of library education and focuses on the role of mentoring in the lives of library school educators and women working in the context of traditionally male universities; the extent to which women have begun to change academics is also considered. (Author/AEF)