Feb 27, 2023 5 Great Books on Women’s History
Celebrate Women’s History month with these five books from the library selected by Librarian Allyson Mower....
Mar 09, 2022 Films for Women’s History Month
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...
Mar 07, 2022 Books to celebrate Women’s History Month
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: ...
May 03, 2021 Book of the Week — Incantations by Mayan Women
She of great writing, she of the glyphs INCANTATIONS BY MAYAN WOMEN / FATHERMOTHERS OF THE BOOK AMBAR PAST WITH XUN OKOTZ AND XPETRA ERNÁNDES Ámbar Past Chiapas, Mexico: Taller Leñateros, 2005 2nd edition PM4466 Z95 E533 2005 Incantations by Mayan Women is the first book Mayan people have created, written,...
Mar 02, 2021 Ten Books by Utah Women
March is Women's History Month! While we have recommendations from last year, this year we're focusing on women authors from Utah! Allyson Mower, Head of Scholarly Communication & Copyright, has recommended the following titles that fit the bill. All of these are available through the...
Feb 01, 2021 Invisible Mother: Science and the Fair Sex — A Rare Books Virtual Lecture
The Rare Books Department invites you to view its virtual lecture, Invisible Mother: Science and the Fair Sex. Women have been both subjects and practitioners of science for centuries, although recognition of their influence in these spheres has been limited. The books we consider in this...
Oct 01, 2020 Rock the Vote: First Female Vote Was Cast in Utah
A major milestone in the women’s suffrage movement occurred on February 14, 1870, about 150 years ago. A woman by the name of Seraph Young, a schoolteacher from Salt Lake City, stopped at the polls on her way to work to cast her vote in...
Feb 20, 2020 Book of the Week — An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord’s Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist…
"I believe that God is honored as much when He tells me to do a thing and I obey, as when He says not to do it, and I obey." An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist...
Jan 27, 2020 Book of the Week — Constitutional Equality A Right of Woman
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Jul 19, 2019 Today, Rare Books. Tomorrow, the Moon!
“Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra...
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