Anne Arundel County Public Library is offering several programs during the month of March celebrate Women’s History Month.
Saturday, March 7 at 2 pm at Discoveries: The Library at the Mall
Join us for a panel discussion led by local women who are both small business owners and mothers. Networking following the event. Panelists include: Dr. Judy Yu, Shay Cook, Beth Caro and Laura Landaverde.
Monday, March 16 at 7 pm at the Severna Park Library
Join Bruce Kagan for this stirring historical presentation on the-little known heroic contribution that brave women made to win World War II.
Women’s Rights…the Struggle for the Vote
Tuesday, March 17 at 1 (Odenton) and 7 pm (Maryland City at Russett)
This program traces the story of the key figures in the Suffrage Movement that lead up to the passage of the 19th Amendment. Follow the path of the story from Seneca Falls to the “Women’s Rights Museum” at the Wesleyan Church, where the first women’s rights convention took place in 1848.
Saturday, March 21 at 11 am at the Severn Library
Join award-winning actress and Smithsonian Scholar, Mary Ann Jung, as she brings the Clara Barton story, Red Cross Angel, to life. .
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Equality for All!
Saturday, March 21 at 2 pm at the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Learn about this 19th-century Seneca Falls pioneer and champion of women’s rights. Discover the details of her amazing fight to improve women’s education, clothes and legal rights from award-winning actress.
Saturday, March 28 at noon at the Brooklyn Park Library (registration required)
Food, games, prizes, music and fun for women with a baby on the way in Brooklyn Park! / ¡Comida, juegos, premios, música y diversión para mujeres esperando un bebé en Brooklyn Park! To register call the library/Para matricularse llame a la bibilioteca: 410-222-6260 or/o Community of Hope: 410-830-0054.
Saturday, March 28 at 1 pm at the Odenton Library (registration required)
Edit Wikipedia with librarians in support of the Art+Feminism campaign. Art+Feminism works to newly create and improve upon already existing Wikipedia entries that center on art, gender and feminism.
Saturday, March 28 at 2 pm at the Glen Burnie Library
Celebrate Women’s History Month with songs of female composers presented with narration in this recital presented by Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts.
Monday, March 30 at 7 pm at the Broadneck Library
Learn the key factors of salary negotiation. Discover strategies to increase your ability to apply leverage and prepare for a salary discussion.
Amending America: How Women Won the Vote!
Thursday, April 2 at 7 pm at Discoveries: The Library at the Mall
Join Kate Campbell Stevenson as she brings to life through song, monologue and movement How the Women Won the Vote and learn more about suffrage history. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County.
Iron Jawed Angels (NR, 2004)
Thursday, April 9 at 6 pm at the Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
To celebrate 100 years of women voting, the League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County and the Library Foundation will host a screening of Iron Jawed Angels. This is a moving tribute to the suffragists who worked tirelessly for passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Not a documentary, the movie focuses on the final decade of a 70-year battle, led by the younger Alice Paul (Hilary Swank), Lucy Burns (Frances O’Connor) and the elder activist Carrie Catt (Anjelica Houston).
