All about the ladies

Yes, it's that marvelous month of March which means a couple of things to us.  The countdown is on until Spring Break.  It's nearly St. Patty's Day and all the fun mayhem that may entail.  And, of course, it is National Women's History month.
While these are all exciting, we at the Library are most excited about Women's History. In the last three years alone, the U.S. has seen more proposed legislation regarding women's issues and women's rights than the 40 years.  It is the time to be awake, aware, and informed about where we as a nation started and how we got to where we are regarding equality and informed rights.
What that means to you?  Well, the Library has a
 couple of things going on that we think are pretty fabulous and share in the spirit of what the Women's movement is all about.
On Monday, March 9th, we will be hosting a free movie night featuring the extraordinary film, Iron Jawed Angels starring Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond, Anjelica Huston, and many more.  This film takes a fresh and inspiring look into the real lives of activists such as the amazing Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.  You will not want to miss this.  This movie night is free and open to all, so bring a friend.  7 p.m. in the Science Center.

On Wednesday, March 11th, the Library will also be sponsoring a Pub Trivia Night at Jolts and Juice downtown from 6:30-8 p.m.  Our theme for the night will be women, of course.  If you have never played pub trivia, you will want to come.  It's a lot of fun.  Pub trivia is a game where you show up at a local hangout, play a group trivia game, and win some fantastic prizes.  You can come in a group or on your own.  We will make up teams and go.  You'll learn a lot, have a good time, and meet some new people.  What could be better?

We also want to highly recommend attending Student Activities' community movie night on March 5th where they will be showing Free Angela, last year's film about the incredible Angela Davis.  For more on Davis, stay tuned here later this week.

Between now and our Pub Trivia Night, keep checking the blog, our Facebook and Twitter (@LibraryTVCC) pages, and your emails.  The Library will be sending out trivia and fun facts about women that you should know about...some might just be questions that we will ask next week.

For now, here's some interesting March dates in women's history that we got from
http://www.nwhp.org.  Enjoy.

• March 1, 1978 – Women’s History Week is first observed in Sonoma County, California
• March 1, 1987 – Congress passes a resolution designating March as Women’s History Month
• March 4, 1917 – Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) took her seat as the first female member of Congress
• March 8 – International Women’s Day (click link for a more extensive history), whose origins trace back to protests in the U.S. and Europe to honor and fight for the political rights for working women
• March 11, 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed as the first woman U.S. Attorney General
• March 13, 1986 – Susan Butcher won the first of 3 straight and 4 total Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races in Alaska
• March 17, 1910 – Camp Fire Girls is established as the first interracial, non-sectarian American organization for girls
• March 20, 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is published and becomes the best-selling book of the 19th century
• March 21, 1986 – Debi Thomas becomes first African American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship
• March 23, 1917 – Virginia Woolf establishes the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf
• March 31, 1888 – The National Council of Women of the U.S. is organized by Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sojourner Truth, among others, the oldest non-sectarian women’s organization in the U.S.
• March 31, 1776 – Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence and cautions him to, "Remember the ladies..".