Last Updated on May 29, 2025, 11:44 am ET
Join us and our member libraries in celebrating Women’s History during the month of March.
Below is a roundup of events, blog posts, exhibits, and other resources that showcase opportunities to learn, experience, and enjoy women’s contributions to society.
Events | Blog Posts | Book Lists | Other Resources
Events
Friday, March 7
Boston Public Library
Mapped By Her: The Uncharted Influence of Women in Cartography—From the Vault Collections Showing
2:00 p.m. EDT, Central Library in Copley Square
Saturday, March 8
Boston Public Library
- Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Queer & Trans Women of New England
noon EDT, Central Library in Copley Square - International Women’s History Day: A Focus on Indigenous Issues
2:00 p.m. EDT, Virtual
Wednesday, March 12
McMaster University
Women + the Written Word: Stories of writing, publishing and media
1:00 p.m. EDT, Virtual
Thursday, March 13
Boston Public Library
The Life and Legacy of Charity Adams Earley
6:00 p.m. EDT, Roslindale
Wednesday, March 19
Boston Public Library
Genealogy: Researching Your Female Ancestors
6:00 p.m. EDT, Virtual
Friday, March 21
Boston Public Library
Friday Films: Inshallah a Boy
2:00 p.m. EDT, Parker Hill
Syracuse University Library
Women’s History Month CEO Roundtable
2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT, Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114)
Saturday, March 22
Boston Public Library
- Gund Kwok Women’s Lion & Dragon Dance
Noon EDT, East Boston - Author Talk: Susan Wilson—Women and Children First: The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, MD
1:00 p.m. EDT, West Roxbury - Roxbury Women Claim the Vote!
1:30 p.m. EDT, Virtual - The Seltzer Factory: Film Screening and Writing Workshop with Filmmaker Paloma Valenzuela / The Seltzer Factory: Proyección de Documental y Taller de Escritura con la Cineasta Paloma Valenzuela
2:00 p.m. EDT, Connolly
Tuesday, March 25
Boston Public Library
- Special Collections Open House: Women Who Shaped the BPL
2:00 p.m. EDT, Central Library in Copley Square - Revolutionary Art: Gender and Racial Inequality in the Art World with Frida Kahlo (Member of the Guerrilla Girls)
6:00 p.m. EDT, Central Library in Copley Square
Thursday, March 27
Boston Public Library
- Hyde Park Book Club: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
1:00 p.m. EDT, Hyde Park - Women in Tea with Broken Cup Teahouse
6:00 p.m. EDT, Brighton
Saturday, March 29
Boston Public Library
- Emily Greene Balch and Jane Addams: A Discussion with Catia Confortini and Gloria McMillan
10:30 a.m. EDT, Jamaica Plain - Gund Kwok Women’s Lion & Dragon Dance
noon EDT, East Boston - Author Talk: Ellin Thomas – Good Hands: Daughters of Fortune
2:00 p.m. EDT, Roxbury
Monday, March 31
Boston Public Library
Roxbury Reads Book Club Discussion: Who I Always Was, by Theresa Okokon
6:00 p.m. EDT, Roxbury
Blog Posts
Boston Public Library
Women Who Shaped BPL: Curator Ellen Oldham
University of Michigan
Women’s History Month
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the University Libraries
University of Ottawa
- Canadian Women’s Movement Archives Collection added to the Canada Memory of the World Register
- Yesterday’s women’s movement, today’s national memory
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institute, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Women’s History Month
Book Lists
Boston Public Library
- Black Women in the Workplace
- Music by Living Women
- Women’s History Month: Revolutionary Women Artists
Syracuse University
Women’s History Month 2025 (includes physical book display and Research Guide)
University of Missouri
Ebook Displays: Women’s History Month Ebooks
Other Resources
Boston Public Library
Exploring Women’s History Month
Syracuse University
Collection Spotlight: Gage, Powered by 500 Women Scientists
Tulane University
Must-Watch Films: Women’s History Month 2025
University of Michigan
