Contributors
Suggestions for the list from: Richard Harrison, Christina Wray, Dawn Tripp, Larry Cooperman, Peter Spyers-Duran, Megan Haught, Rachel Edford, and Sandy Avila.
Keywords
featured bookshelf, lib-edi, reading, women's history
Description
Here at the UCF Libraries, we have created a list of suggested, and favorite, books about women in both history and fiction. Check out the full book list with descriptions and catalog links. And don’t forget to stop by the John C. Hitt Library to browse the featured bookshelf on the 2nd (main) floor near the bank of two elevators for additional Women’s History Month books and DVDs.
Abstract
Women’s History Month began as a week-long celebration by in Sonoma, California in 1978 which was centered around International Women’s Day on March 8. A year later during a women’s history conference at Sarah Lawrence College, participants learned how successful the week was and decided to initiate similar in their own areas. President Carter issued the first proclamation for a national Women’s History Week in 1980. In 1987, Congress (after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project) passed Pub. L. 100-9 designating March as Women’s History Month. U.S. Presidents have issued proclamations on Women’s History Month since 1988.
The University of Central Florida community joins together to celebrate Women’s History Month across the multiple campuses with a wide variety of activities including workshops, film screenings, and WomanFest2019. Visit the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s #visionarywomen page to learn more about the scheduled events, and stop by the library to view the display wall, Portraits of Empowerment: Womanhood & Activism, which includes bras decorated at our Honor, Remember & Support workshop. UCF Libraries is featuring a faculty author talk by Dr. Kimberly Voss called Women's Page History in Florida in the 1950s and 1960s on Friday, March 8 at 10:30 am in John C. Hitt Library 223.
Here at the UCF Libraries, we have created a list of suggested, and favorite, books about women in both history and fiction. Please keep reading below to see the full book list with descriptions and catalog links. And don’t forget to stop by the John C. Hitt Library to browse the featured bookshelf on the 2nd (main) floor near the bank of two elevators for additional Women’s History Month books and DVDs. ~
Date Created
3-1-2019
Rights
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STARS Citation
Haught, Megan M., "Featured Bookshelf: 2019 Women's History Month" (2019). Featured Bookshelf. 48.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/featured-bookshelf/48