March is Women’s History Month, and this year’s theme is “Writing Women Back into History.” Here at the store, there is no shortage of books written by and about inspiring women. We have compiled a Women’s History Month Book List with resources for adults, children and teachers.
In the next couple of weeks we will be hosting a number of book events with great women writers, including Chris-Tia Donaldson, author of “Thank God I’m Natural: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for and Maintaining Natural Hair” on Friday, March 5 at 7PM. Donaldson is a Harvard graduate with a true passion for hair. By day, she is a successful lawyer for a software company. By night, she is a freelance writer and entrepreneur looking to launch her own product line for naturally kinky tresses. For this revolutionary book, Donaldson has interviewed hundreds of women — from all walks of life — about everything from the epidemic of hair loss in the black community to the historical effects of slavery on black women and their hair care practices. Donaldson currently lives in Chicago — where she is active in a wide variety of civic, educational, and charitable organizations.
Carolina Gomez, founder of 1-2-3 Spanish Together, comes back to the store for our latest installment of Children’s Spanish Reading Fun, Saturday, March 6 at 10:30AM. This is a great opportunity for children (and parents) to learn about the Spanish language and embrace Hispanic culture.
Deahn Berrini talked to us recently about her new book and her work as a veterans’ advocate.
Store Highlights
“The passion and talent of African-American painter Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) shines through each of the full-color reproductions in this elegant book, the first comprehensive text published on Thomas’s life and work in over fifteen years. A gifted and dedicated artist whose life spanned vast social and political changes, Thomas steadfastly forged her path without regard to political or social expectations from the art world. In 1924 she became the first graduate of Howard University’s newly organized art department, and in 1972 she became the first African-American woman to hold a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. This is the exhibition catalog for the show organized by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.”
