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March is Women's History Month
"Well-behaved women seldom make history."
We've seen that clever quip on mugs, t-shirts, and posters, and it's been used by news commentators, politicos, and pundits. But who said it first? Mae West wouldn't be a bad guess. Gloria Steinem is another candidate. But here's the truth: Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich used it in an obscure article on the little-studied funeral practices in Puritan America. Somehow it went viral and Ulrich starting seeing herself quoted on the aforementioned mugs and t-shirts. She saw this as a wonderful jumping-off point for a book dealing with how women have shaped history, citing examples from the lives of Rosa Parks, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Tubman, and many other notable women in American and world history.
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History is part of a large collection of books and other resources available at the Evanston Public Library on the topic of Women's Studies
In celebration of Women's History Month, we invite you to virtually browse our resources as well as visit our display on the second floor Reader's Services department. We also invite you to join us for informative and entertaining library programs during the month of March on three fascinating women Frances Willard, Josephine Baker, and Mother Jones. (Barbara L., Reader's Services)
A Single Man
Isherwood, Christopher. A Single Man. 2001 (originally published 1964). (Fiction Isher.C 2001)
It’s 1962 and the Cuban missile Crisis has left most Americans fearful of complete annihilation by the Russians. But George, a middle-aged professor at San Tomas State College in Los Angeles, is afflicted with grave issues of his own. He lost his partner the year before in a tragic car accident and—when alone—he’s still numb with grief. Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man follows a day in George’s life…a day that begins with George’s routine morning despondency, his mid-day encounters at school with colleagues and students, and after-work visitations with friends, but, by evening, it has escalated into something of a spontaneous and unexpectedly adventuresome night. What will George’s both mundane and spirited encounters during this particular day resolve—if anything—in his grief-stricken existence? A disturbing and dark novel, A Single Man draws an unnerving portrait of everyman and offers a stunning conclusion.
Tom Ford's film A Single Man was adapted from Isherwood's novel in 2009.
-Russ
I Feel Like a Million Books!!!
Thursday, February 25, 2010 marks a very special occasion. Sometime tomorrow, one lucky patron will check out the 1,000,000th item to circulate at the library this year. For the first time ever we’re going to hit the one million (!) mark for items checked out from Evanston’s three libraries (North, South, and Main Branches) in the past twelve months. And it wouldn’t have happened without all you good folks in
Half Broke Horses
Walls, Jeannette. Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel. 2009. (Fiction Walls, J.)
Feisty, strong-minded, and totally fearless are a few ways to describe Lily Casey Smith, the protagonist of Half Broke Horses, the latest novel by her granddaughter Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle.Occasionally Lily displays a folksy sense of humor, however, the ranches of Arizona and west Texas proved so hard and unpredictable that less energy was spent on wit than on just getting by. Amid some real hardships and setbacks, Walls beautifully conveys the family's deep attachment to ranching and to the life lived in vast open spaces. Lily grows through the years as we watch her strive to better herself through education and work. Sometimes, though, she's just like those half broke horses of the title. This is a wonderful and sensitively written book about a young woman with a determination to tame the harsh land because it's the only meaningful way she knows how to live. (Shira S., Reader's Services.)
6 Billion Others: Portraits of Humanity from Around the World
Arthur-Bertrand, Yann. 6 Billion Others: Portraits of Humanity from Around the World. 2009. (301 Arthu.Y)
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