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Celebrating Women’s History Month

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Women's History Month Display Sign

Every month is Women’s History Month at the Library!  You can find resources on women’s history, struggles, and achievements throughout the Library.

March was first recognized as Women’s History Month in the US in 1987.  International Women’s Day (March 8) is rooted in early 20th century labor movements and was recognized by the UN in 1977.

Looking for something to read for Women’s History Month?  Visit our Women’s History Month Display on the main floor.  You can borrow books from the display! Here’s a small sampling of books recently added to our collection:

Brown, Rae Linda, and Carlene J Brown. The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price. Edited by Guthrie P Ramsey, University of Illinois Press, 2020.
The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price – General Collection ML410.P835 B76 2020
Zgustova? Monika. Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women's Voices from the Gulag. Translated by Julie Jones, Other Press, 2020.
Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag – Browsing HV9712.5 .Z4813 2020
Joseph-Gabriel, Annette K. Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire. University of Illinois Press, 2020.
Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire – General Collection HQ1163 .J67 2020
De Hart, Jane Sherron. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life. First Vintage Books ed., Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, 2020.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life – Browsing KF8745.G56 D44 2020
Orozco, Cynthia. Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist. First ed., University of Texas Press, 2020.
Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist – General Collection F391.4.S56 O76 2020
Frazier, Lessie Jo. Desired States: Sex, Gender and Political Culture in Chile. Rutgers University Press, 2020.
Desired States: Sex, Gender and Political Culture in Chile – New Title Shelf vHQ18.C5 F73 2020
Haeri, Shahla. The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender – General Collection DS35.64 .H34 2020
Lange, Allison K. Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women's Suffrage Movement. University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement – General Collection JK1896 .L36 2020
Green, William D. Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women's Equality in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota – Diversity Display JK1899.F73 G74 2021
Jackson, Gale. Put Your Hands on Your Hips and Act Like a Woman: Black History and Poetics in Performance. University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
Put Your Hands on Your Hips and Act Like a Woman: Black History and Poetics in Performance – ML3556 .J405 2020