sentences:  so in 1897 Hannah Zulauf led a group of women representing the various women's literary clubs in Jeffersonville to canvass money to create the Jeffersonville Township Public Library Association and have the collection transferred into their care.Red tape prevented the transfer until 1900, and on December 17, 1900 the Jeffersonville Township Public Library opened to the public on the second floor of the Citizens National Bank with Miss Bertha Poindexter as the librarian.The library collection rapidly outgrew this small space and so in 1902 Hannah Zulauf led the charge to apply for financial assistance through Andrew Carnegie, which they received.