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It’s Women’s History Month, it’s nearly spring and Pride Week, the semester is half-way over, but the pandemic is still on!! Here are five hopefully-inspiring books for March 2022: ...

“Souls are of no sex, any more than wit, genius, or any other of the intellectual faculties.” Biographium fæmineum. The Female Worthies: or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of all ages and nations. London: Printed for S. Crowder, and J. Payne in Paternoster-Row; J. Wilkie, and...

By Robert Nelson For almost a decade, the One Button Studio has been a highly used video production space for the University of Utah community, located on Level 2 of the Marriott Library. The background: Penn State University crafted a simple and effective way to generate...

"There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows. Some are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue blood queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl But the only and thoroughbred lady Is the Rebel Girl...

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." — Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel Tailleurs Lenitis Paris: Tailleurs Lenitis, 1939 TT555 T35 1939 Prior to the 1830s, the word “tweed”...

February is Black History Month and the University of Utah's Black Cultural Center has many events planned including a partnered event with the J. Willard Marriott Library about books & movies. That event will feature "Meligha Garfield (director of the Black Cultural Center) and Sara...

"I want to be remembered as a women who dared to be a catalyst of change." — Shirley Chisholm Inspiring Women Portfolio: 25 Women Who Have Been True Catalysts for Change Kathryn Hunter Baton Rouge, LA: Blackbird Letterpress, 2020 N7433.4 H8655 I57 2020 Inspiring Women was created in celebration of the...

It’s Women’s History Month, it’s nearly spring and Pride Week, the semester is half-way over, but the pandemic is still on!! Here are five hopefully-inspiring books for March 2022: ...

One of the things I appreciate most about our Special Collections is the wealth of materials around strong and influential women who have significantly shaped Utah history....