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Celebrating Women’s History Month

About Blog Post Mar 14, 2024 by SCLSNJ Staff
Celebrating Women’s History Month Created by Bob Helmbrecht, collection development librarian Women’s History Month is celebrated each year in March. In February 1980, President Carter issued the first presidential proclamation of National Women’s History Month for the week of March 8. That week was chosen to coincide with International Women’s Day, observed annually on March 8. The week continued to be observed until 1987, when Congress officially recognized the month of March as Women’s History Month. The month is intended to commemorate and encourage the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history. Here is a small selection of recent books from the Library’s collections to get you started. Also check out the Women's History Month book river on the main page of our catalog for many more titles! "50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution" edited by Katherine Spillar
This look back at 50 years of the nation’s most influential source of feminist ideas includes essays, profiles and conversations with influential figures such as Alice Walker, Nancy Pelosi, bell hooks and Billie Jean King.
"After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller" by Max Wallace
This new biography of Helen Keller focuses on her later life as an advocate for social justice, including her crusade against Jim Crow and opposition to American intervention in World War I.
"Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon" by Melissa L. Sevigny
The story of two pioneering female botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, and their historic 1938 boat trip down the Colorado River which led them to be the first to survey and catalog the plant life of the Grand Canyon.
"The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America" by Christopher C. Gorham
This first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became a real power behind national policies critical to America winning World War II and prospering afterwards, chronicles her extraordinary career as FDR’s unofficial adviser.
"Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science" by Catherine McNeur
This indelible portrait of two unsung pioneers and sisters—entomologist Margaretta Hare Morris and botanist Elizabeth Carrington Morris—reveals how their discoveries helped fuel the growth and professionalism of science in antebellum America.
"Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes From Five Generations of Black Country Cooks" by Crystal Wilkinson
A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poet laureate of Kentucky.
"The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts" by Loren Grush
Tells the true story of America's first women astronauts, six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle.
"Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, From the Civil War to the 21st Century" by Jasmine Brown
Presents the long-erased stories of nine pioneering Black women physicians beginning in 1860, when a black woman first entered medical school, including Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who provided medical care for newly freed slaves, to Dr. Joycelyn Elders, who became the first African American U.S. surgeon general.
"Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II" by Lena S. Andrews
In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen that reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of combat in the war and illustrates important realities about modern warfighting.
"Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions" by Mattie Kahn
Recounting one of the most foundational and underappreciated forces in moments of American revolution—teenage girls—an award-winning writer uncovers how they have leveraged their unique strengths to organize and lay serious political groundwork for movements that often sidelined them.
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