March is Women's History Month

March 2013                                                    

           March is "Herstory" Month 

                                                                                

The  2013 theme for Women's History Month is:  "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics."

Women's History Month Library Display

Display created by Ms. Bridget Sledge

          FAMOUS FACES       

   
                         Do You Know These Women?  
                                  

 Beyonce' ? Michelle Obama?  Mary McLeod Bethune? 

Taylor Swift? Kelly Rowland? Clara Barton? Rihanna? 

 Marian Anderson? Amelia Earhart?  Alicia Keys? Kelly Clarkson?  Rosa Parks?  Sojourner Truth? Oprah Winfrey?  Jane Fonda? Wilma Rudolph?  Susie King Taylor? Coretta Scott King? Barbara Jordan? Hillary Clinton?  Sally Ride? Mae Jamison? Rebecca Lobo?  Jackie Joiner -Kersee? Gloria Richardson?  Eleanor Roosevelt? Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis? Toni Morrison? Shirley Chisholm? Angela Davis? 

Condoleezza Rice? Modjeska Simkins? Sara Mae Flemming?
Septima Poinsette Clark? Ella Josephine Baker? 
Fannie Lou Hamer?  Joann Robinson?

Library Resources:

• Adams, Janus.   Sister days : 365 inspired moments in African-American women's history.
• Arnold, Frank. What makes great leaders great : management lessons from icons who changed the world.
• Greenspan, Karen.  The timetables of women's history : a chronology of the most important people and events in women's history.
• Ingram, Susan.  Zarathustra's sisters : women's autobiography and the shaping of cultural history.
• Morgan, Robin.  Sisterhood is powerful; an anthology of writings from the women's liberation movement.
• Mundy, Liza.Michelle: a biography.
• Parks, Rosa. Quiet strength : the faith, the hope, and the heart of a woman who changed a nation / reflections.
• Wooten, Sara McIntosh.Oprah Winfrey : talk show legend.
•  Zophy, Angela Howard.  Handbook of American women's history.

Monthly Observations:

• Social Workers Month
• Colorectal Cancer Awareness
• Poetry
• Poison Prevention Awareness
• International Women's Day   March 8
• Stop Smoking Day   March 12
• St. Patrick's Day March 17

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

 

 

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