{"id":12665,"date":"2024-03-05T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:34:16","slug":"womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/womens-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women’s History Month, a month to celebrate the contributions women have made to our world. March 8th is also International Women’s Day a day to celebrate and recognize the women’s civil rights movements for equity, reproductive rights as well as sexism and violence women have faced throughout history and everyday life.<\/p>\n

Famous Women in History biographies\"Cover<\/h2>\n

Ida B. Wells- Journalist and Activist of the 19th and 20th century.<\/h3>\n

‘Ida B. Wells’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Alice Paul- Suffragist and women’s rights activist<\/h2>\n

‘Alice Paul: Equality fir Women’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Eleanor Roosevelt- Political figure and activist.<\/h2>\n

‘Eleanor Roosevelt’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Ada Lovelace- Famous Mathematician<\/h2>\n

‘Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers: A Selection from the Letters of Lord Byron’s Daughter and Her Description of the First Computer’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Victoria Woodhull- The First women to run for president.<\/h2>\n

‘The Women Who Ran for President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Marie Curie- First Woman to win a Nobel Prize.<\/h2>\n

‘Curie’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ann Trow Summers Lohman- Abortion provider and Midwife in the 19th Century.<\/h2>\n

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‘Madame Restell: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Experiences, Voices and Lives of Women.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

‘She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, & Massively Crushed It. ‘<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions By Women’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Nobles Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles. and Momentous Discoveries’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Blue Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Bridge Called My Back; Writings by Radical Women of Color’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Our Voices, Our Histories: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Voices of Women Artists’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Who’s Afraid of Marie Curie?: The Challenges Facing Women in Science and Technology’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women who Propelled us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women who Helped win World War II’<\/a><\/p>\n

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‘Notable Black American Women’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Women’s Movements<\/h2>\n

‘Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest heard Around the World’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘African Women’s Movements: Transforming Political Landscapes’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘This is How We Come Back Stronger: Feminist Writers on Turning Crisis Into Change’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Women’s Studies: The Basics’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Fiction Novels Written By Women<\/h2>\n

‘Sabrina and Corina: Stories’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The Golden State’ by Lydia Kiesling<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Reckonings: Contemporary Short Fiction by Native American Women’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Women’s Fiction from Latin American: Selections from Twelve Contemporary Authors’<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisneros<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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