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MARCH 8, 2010
Women's History Month
     The public celebration of women's history in this country began in 1978 as "Women's History Week" in Sonoma County, California. The week including March 8, International Women's Day, was selected. In 1981, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) co-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming a national Women's History Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the celebration to a month, and March was declared Women's History Month.

Get to know the wonderful women who’ve changed our world:
     She was the first child of English colonists to be born in America.It's not known how old Virginia Dare (1587- unknown) lived to be after her birth in America. She and over 90 other colonists of Roanoke's "Lost Colony" mysteriously disappeared from their settlement and were never heard from again.
     A mysterious fever left Helen Keller (1880-1968) blind, deaf, and unable to speak before her second birthday. After overcoming many challenges throughout her life, she attended Radcliffe College and is recognized for becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a college degree.
     Sold as a child slave to the Wheatley family of Boston, Phyllis Wheatley (1753?-1784) grew up to become the first African American to ever be published.
     Sybil Ludington (1761-1839) became a young heroine of the American Revolutionary War when she bravely rode horseback during the night to warn that the British were attacking Connecticut.
     Betsy Ross (1752-1836) is said to have helped design and sew the first official flag of the United States of America.
     There are many many more… If this has peeked your interest in learning about the many women that have made history, why not check out the many wonderful books that we have available at the library?  Or search online for the particular women that you’re interested in learning about (just Google their name).  Or if your curious about different women, try this link to Gale Cengage Learning http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/and for the younger audience check out Time for Kids at http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/whm.  Why not get the kids or grandkids excited about the men or women that have made history?  Quiz them on the ones that they have already learned about and see how much they still remember.  Take a trip to the library to get them interested in learning about new people, people that did great things.  We would be more than happy to help you get the books or materials that you need.  Stop by anytime, give us a call (641)482-3115 or send us an email at tina-marie@melbourne.lib.ia.us.   Until next time, Happy Reading!


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