Library Newsletter - March 2022

Women's History Month

This March the theme for 2022 Women’s History Month is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Stop by the library to view our display that honors the many contributions of women throughout history. You may find the perfect book to take home and discover more.

The theme is “both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.”

            From the National Women’s History Alliance

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The OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world.

Look for definitions, spelling variations, pronunciation models, etymology, regional origins, usage information, and more contextual information about how a word is used. Explore word usage over time, quotations recorded from certain public figures, etymology, and much more.

You can access the Oxford English Dictionary online through the library’s database page.

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

by Tarana Burke

This memoir from the founder and activist of the Me Too movement shares Burke’s story and explores how to empathize with our past selves in order to piece ourselves together.

The Courage to Advance: Real Life Resilience from the World’s Most Successful Women in Business

by Bonnie Hagemann & Lisa Pent

This collection of 36 women executives’ biographies provides lessons centered on five attributes: courage, resiliency, adaptability, sensemaking, and vulnerability.

Trailblazers: Black Women Who Helped Make America Great

by Gabrielle David

In the first of a multi-volume set, David features an assortment of 65 inspirational Black women activists, dancers, and athletes who achieved greatness.

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

by Anushay Hossain

Hossain paints a startling picture of a nation that imperils women's lives and then tells them they're crazy for believing something might be wrong.

Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace

by Stacey Vanek Smith

With a Machiavellian interpretation, Smith focuses on five elements of success for women: money, confidence, respect, support, and title.

The Family Roe: An American Story

by Joshua Prager

Drawing on a decade of research and writing in novelistic detail of Jane Roe’s unknown life, Prager reveals the woman behind the pseudonym. 

Play Like a Feminist

by Shira Chess

“You play like a girl” has been used as an insult for decades. In Chess’s new book, she urges everyone to surpass gender, ethnicity, ability, and social class and play like a feminist as a form of radical disruption.

Still Mad: American Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination

by Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar

This text delves into the lives and work of diverse North American literary women who faced contradictions and seemingly insurmountable opposition.

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City

by Andrea Elliott

With compelling storytelling, Elliot dives deep into the history of social welfare, keeping everything focused on how political decisions directly affect families.