Women's History Month Starts NOW!
All month long, we are celebrating the awesome women who have changed our world again and again. In 1978, a school district had a week long celebration of women's contributions to the world including culture as well as just history. After that week, people started talking about the subject more. On March 7, 1982, the first ever Women's History Week began. Over the course of the next five years, Women's History Week spread until Congress passed that the United States would dedicate the entire month of March to this celebration.
Explore Start your celebration by coming by the Library to pick up a book or movie! We have plenty honoring influential women, and here are just a few.
Women: Our Story edited by Kathryn Hennessy “Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history--from early matriarchal societies through women's suffrage, the Suffragette movement, 20th-century feminism, and gender politics, to recent movements such as #MeToo and International Women's Day--and the key role women have had in shaping our past.”—Amazon. |
Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World by Tierra Fletcher and Ginger Rue The twelve scientists who are profiled here are women from all sorts of backgrounds who are currently rocking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each of them has a different story to tell about how she got to where she is today, but the one thing they have in common is that they are truly wonder women of science.” -Candlewick Press. |
Shaking Things Up: 14 Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood “Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trailblazers, and rabble-rousers.”-Amazon.com. |
Hidden Figures Movie based on the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly |
Wild Movie based on the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed |
How much do you know about women's history?
In case you wanted to know a little bit more, check out this awesome infographic including a brief (but still pretty detailed) history of American women!
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What a great time to learn a new skill! Drop by the second floor at the Library to pick up a cross-stitching kit. From flamingos to pineapples, you'll be stitching in no time!
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First Friday Hobby Fair March 4, 2022 from 5:00PM - 7:00PM |
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