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Women’s History Month 2022 Celebrated in ARL Member Libraries

Last Updated on July 9, 2022, 9:41 am ET

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The following list includes events, news stories, and resources at ARL member libraries in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Events | News and Blog Posts | Resources and Exhibits

Events

Library of Congress
Women of the 117th Congress: Diverse Voices Making History
March 2, 4:00 p.m. EST, online

New York Public Library
Schomburg Center Women’s Jazz Festival
March 7–21, in person

Illinois University Library
International Women’s Day Celebration
March 8, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EST, in person

Library of Congress
Finding Pictures: Women Architects and Designers
March 8, 12:00 p.m. EST and March 16, 3:00 p.m. EST, online

Library of Congress
I Am Not Invisible 3.0
March 8, 6:00 p.m. EST, online

New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Black Feminist Futures Series: Planting for the Future
March 9, 12–1:30 p.m. EST, online

New York Public Library
Sex, Lies, and Suffrage History
March 9, 1–2:00 p.m. EST, online

Library of Congress
Culturally Relevant Literacy Approaches
March 10, 3:00 p.m. EST, online

University of Ottawa Library
Sharing Her Stories: Women in STEM
March 10, 1:30 p.m. EST, online

The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library
Striving for Equality: The Battle to Put Women in the US Constitution
March 17, 9:00 a.m. MDT, online

Penn State University Libraries
Zine Workshop for Self-Acceptance
March 17, 6–7:00 p.m. EDT, in person

NYU Libraries
Paul F. Cole on Kate Mullany and America’s First All-Female Union
March 23, 6:00 p.m. EDT, online

New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Black Feminist Futures Series: Black Women Organizing for the Future
March 24, 12–1:30 p.m. EDT, online

Penn State University Libraries
“Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance” Book Discussion with Jessamyn Stanley
March 24, 6–7:00 p.m. EDT, in person

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries
Women’s History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
March 28, 1–4:00 p.m. CDT,  in person and online

Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
Queen of Physics: The Power of Telling the Stories of BIPOC and International Women in STEM
March 29, 12–1:30 p.m. EDT, in person

Penn State University Libraries
Wikipedia Editathon: Native American Women Activists
March 29, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT, online

University of Maryland Libraries
Speaking of Books with Dr. Catherine Knight Steele: Digital Black Feminism
March 30, 3–4:30 p.m. EDT, online

 

News and Blog Posts

University of Cincinnati Libraries
Women’s History Month at the UCBA Library

Duke University Libraries
Lilly Collection Spotlight: Notable Women in Science and Beyond

Emory University Libraries
For Women’s History Month 2022: Books about Women Who Provide Healing and Hope

Georgetown University Library
Women’s History Book Spotlight

Indiana University Bloomington Libraries
Celebrating Women’s History Month

Library of Congress

University of Missouri Libraries
Books That Pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test

New York Public Library
31 Books for March: Women’s History Month

New York Public Library
Foreword: Women Who Built NYPL

New York Public Library
Women’s History Month at NYPL

New York Public Library
Women Writers on Women in History

Northwestern Libraries
Women’s History Month: Beatrice Edna Tucker, MD

Penn Libraries
Featured Books and DVDs: Women’s History Month

Princeton University Library
PUL Honors Women’s History Month

Syracuse University Libraries
Women’s History Month

The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library
Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library
Celebrating the Lives of Remarkable Utah Women

The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library
Utah Women Helping Forge an Inclusive World

University of Virginia Library
Celebrate Women’s History Month with Library Resources!

 

Resources and Exhibits

Women’s History Month website combining resources from the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

UC Davis Library 
Book recommendations (Instagram post | YouTube video)

UC Santa Barbara Library
Women’s History Month 2022 Exhibit: Providing Healing, Promoting Hope

Cornell University Library
Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine

University of Houston Libraries
Featured Books: Women’s History

Library of Congress
Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words

University of Louisville Libraries
Women’s History MonthSpotlight Series

NC State University Libraries
Our Stories Matter: Redefining Herstory and the Meaning of Empowerment through the Times

Penn State University Libraries
Student-curated exhibition, “From Uterine Supporters to Top Surgery: Health of Women and Transgender People Then and Now as Represented in Special Collections”

Rice University Library
Women’s History Exhibition

Syracuse University Libraries
Collections in Celebration of Women’s History Month

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