For this last week of Women’s History Month, we are sharing a selection of children’s picture books that highlight the impact of women’s contributions throughout history. These books for young readers particularly reflect on women who have overcome...
Let’s continue our celebration of Women’s History Month with a focus on fiction. While reading nonfiction is important for acquiring knowledge and fact-based understanding about people and events, fiction helps us build empathy. Great novels allow us to...
By Librarian Alyssa, Omak Public Library Women have been writing literature for as long as people have been reading it. Yet, the more well known authors are usually men. Women have only been credited in more recent times for their contributions to the literary world....
Let’s commemorate and honor the suffragists, visionaries, and trailblazing women, both past and present, who have fought for equality and are leading the way for change in America. Celebrate Women’s History by reading stories of inspirational creators,...
By Tommie, Moses Lake Public Library Women have always been on the front lines of the literary world. From poets like Emily Dickenson and authors like Mary Shelley, to women writers like Octavia Butler and Agatha Christie. So many powerful women who created genres,...
by Tiffany Coulson, Mattawa Library “Change obstacles into challenges. You might have to step back and go a different direction, but you can achieve.” Raye Montague Whether they were famous artists, innovative scientists, disability activists, or...