Women’s History Month: Helen Muir credited with making Miami-Dade’s library system what it is today [Video]

MIAMI – A picture of Helen Muir standing outside a small cottage is a color snapshot of an outgoing, determined, and as Historian Paul George describes Helen Muir, “a lot of fun and…a bundle of energy and creativity.” 

Miami lawyer “Toby” Muir is Helen Muir’s son. He gets a gleam in his eye when he talks about his mother. He told CBSNews Miami, “She was a very outgoing individual, she loved people, she loved interviewing people, she never met strangers.”

Helen Muir was an author, newspaper columnist, radio personality, and is often credited for bringing Miami-Dade’s library system into the modern era. 

George reminds us about “Miami, USA,” Muir’s large-format coffee table book about the history of Miami. 

Helen Muir first wrote it in 1953 and is a highly readable history of Miami, which is still a steady seller that she updated over …