WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

March is Women’s History Month! It is a time to celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.

Women’s History Month has only been around since 1987 when Congress expanded the focus of Women’s History Week to a whole month. It began as a way to teach the topic of women’s history in the classroom, as it was a subject generally ignored; the event was a way to increase knowledge of the American population.

Women have made contributions in many areas including science, sports, art, politics, civil rights, and medicine, and they deserve to be recognized for their hard work. Take some time to pick up a book or do research on your own to learn more about these amazing people and their involvement in shaping the world we know today.

For more information on Women’s History Month take a look at these websites:
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/history.php

Here are some great biographies on remarkable women:

Solo: A Memoir of Hope by Hope Solo
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
The Bronte Sisters by Catherine Reef
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War by Hal Vaughan
Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale by Gillian Gill
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie by Barbara Goldsmith
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Years by Keith Badman
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
Africa In My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters by Jane Goodall
Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books by William Kuhn
Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball
J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter by Marc Shapiro
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton

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