VIRTUAL Herstory book group
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VIRTUAL Herstory book group
The Coolidge Museum at Forbes Library is starting a new book group in 2024 to focus of reading women's history and social history.
As her husband John met in Philadelphia to discuss forming a new nation, Abigail Adams wrote to implore him, 'I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.' Alas, it would be another 150 years before they even got the right to vote. But women were neither silent nor passive then or now.
To elevate the voices of women in American history, a new book club is being offered by the The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum. The inspiration for the club, Herstory: Women in American History, came from some members of the museum's Presidential Book Club, who expressed a desire to read more about the context of historical figures, and to hear from and about the women involved in the building of our nation.
Selections in the book club will include biographies of women interspersed with texts on significant periods in American history. This way, book club members can place the women they read about in context and gain a fuller understanding of their challenges and achievements.
This group meets on Zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM
This group is moderated by Coolidge Museum Committee members Leslie Skantz-Hodgson (Smith Vocational School Librarian) and Rob Weir (retired professor of history).
To join the email list or for more information, email Coolidge@forbeslibrary.org
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Categories:
- Book Discussions Coolidge Recurring Events
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