Women's History Month

Notable Females on Film - Women's History Month

March 14, 2016 | Patton
Temple Grandin [videodisc]

The story of Temple Grandin, an autistic young woman who became a great success story in the field of livestock science.

Evita [videodisc]

Film adaptation of the musical play which is the story of the poor Argentine girl who came to the city, became an actress and then a politician's mistress, and then the president's wife.

The passion of Joan of Arc [videodisc]

Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.

Films for International Women's Day

March 8, 2016 | Patton

International Women's Day is a worldwide celebration created in the nineteen-teens to recognize the equal rights of women specifically in labor and suffrage. Today, this celebration takes many forms in different countries. In honor of this day which also takes place during Women's History Month, we offer the following list of historical dramas on these themes of labor, suffrage, and equal rights.

Salt of the earth [videodisc]

A semi-documentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up.

Suffragette [videodisc]

Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life..

Even More Biographies for Women's History Month

March 23, 2015 | SuzyQ

Ambition and desire: the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte by Kate Williams

 

 

The woman I wanted to be by Diane von Furstenberg

 

 

 

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the mother queen of the Middle Ages by Desmond Seward

 

 

 

The woman who would be king by Kara Cooney

 

 

 

Pioneer girl: the annotated autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; Pamela Smith Hill, editor

 

 

 

More Biographies for Women's History Month

March 15, 2015 | SuzyQ

Ada's algorithm: how Lord Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace launched the digital age by James Essinger

 

 

 

 

Isabella: the warrior queen by Kirstin Downey

 

 

 

 

Joan of Arc: a life transfigured by Kathryn Harrison

 

 

 

Liar, temptress, soldier, spy: four women undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

 

 

 

Sally Ride: America's first woman in space by Lynn Sherr

 

 

 

25 More Extraordinary Women

March 11, 2015 | SuzyQ

Celebrate Women's History Month by reading about one of the fascinating women below:
 

Bella Abzug: how one tough broad from the Bronx fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, pissed off Jimmy Carter, battled for the rights of women and workers, rallied against war and for the planet, and shook up politics along the way: an oral history by Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom — Bella Abzug, lawyer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and leader of the Women's Movement

Queen Anne: the politics of passion by Anne Somerset — Queen Anne, monarch of Great Britain, 1702-1707

To the heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the exploration of Central Africa by Richard Hall — Florence Baker, explorer

Born to Rule!

March 4, 2015 | SuzyQ

In honor of Women's History Month check out some of these titles about female rulers throughout history:
 

Born to rule: five reigning consorts, granddaughters of Queen Victoria: Maud of Norway, Sophie of Greece, Alexandra of Russia, Marie of Romania, and Victoria Eugenie of Spain by Julie Gelardi

 

Elizabeth and Mary: cousins, rivals, queens by Jane Dunn

 

 

 

 

Female pharaohs [videodisc] by Discovery Communications

 

 

 

 

Five empresses: court life in eighteenth-century Russia by Evgenii V. Anisimov ; translated by Kathleen Carroll

 

Biographies for Women's History Month

March 2, 2015 | SuzyQ

My life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead

 

 

Dear Abigail: the intimate lives and revolutionary ideas of Abigail Adams and her two remarkable sisters by Diane Jacobs

 

 

 

Daughter of empire: my life as a Mountbatten by Lady Pamela Hicks

 

 

 

The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Min, Anchee

 

 

 

Book of ages: the life and opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore

 

 

 

Look What's In Large Print: March 2014

March 3, 2014 | madame librarian

March is Women's History Month celebrating the diverse and significant historical accomplishments of women throughout history.
 

   The way forward is with a broken heart [Large print] by Alice Walker

 

Every man in this village is a liar [Large print]: an education in war by Megan K. Stack

Bossypants [large print] by Tina Fey


My beloved world [large print] by Sonia Sotomayor

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