It’s Women’s History Month!
http://www.redroom.event/brown-bag-lunch-talk-O
If you can’t attend this March 24 event, find a great biography of a wonderful woman to enjoy at your library.
Consider PUSH COMES to SHOVE the autobiography of Twyla Tharpe
In children’s picturebooks, have you looked at:
PLANTING the TREES of KENYA : the story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola
(Wangari Maathai is a Nobel Peace Prize winner)
KATE SHELLEY: Bound for Legend byRobert D. San Souce with paintings by Max Ginsburg
Kate Shelley was a child who made a difference
Or check out these online ways to be immersed in women’s history:
National Women’s History Project http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/whistoryday.php
Jewish Women’s Archive http://jwa.org
National Organization for Women http://www.now.org
Womens’ Studies http://userpages.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/index.html
the fine print: this blog & site are a work in progress, evolving monthly, thanks for your patience…
