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MC Library's Guide to Women's History!

MC Celebrates Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month!

MC Library is proud to celebrate Women's History Month by honoring the achievements and contributions of women throughout history. Here, you will learn and explore the history and impact women have had on our world. You will receive several book and video recommendations as well as helpful research databases and resources from MC, as well as local and national sources, all dedicated to Women's History!

Local History Books

Book cover

At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C.

The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., was both an entrepot of urban slavery and the target of abolitionist ferment. The growing slave trade and the enactment of Black codes placed the city's Black women within the rigid confines of a social hierarchy ordered by race and gender. At the Threshold of Liberty reveals how these women--enslaved, fugitive, and free--imagined new identities and lives beyond the oppressive restrictions intended to prevent them from ever experiencing liberty, self-respect, and power.

Maryland Historical Trust: Maryland Women's Fight for the Vote

A map highlighting the people and places of the Maryland women's suffrage movement. If you have difficulty viewing the map, click "OK" and exit the pop-up window.

Library Book Displays

Library book display

Germantown Library

Library book display

Rockville Library

Library book display

TP/SS Library

International Women's Day

Events

Charles C. Eldredge Prize Lecture with Megan A. Smetzer

Join art historian Megan A. Smetzer, the 2024 recipient of the Eldredge Prize, which annually recognizes originality and thoroughness of research and excellence in writing, for her 2021 book Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience.

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025

Time: 4 - 5 pm EDT

Location:  American Art Museum and online.

Registration: Free | Registration opens on February 1, 2025.

About These Guides

Each year, Montgomery College's Board of Trustees designates national and state of Maryland awareness days and months for MC to celebrate. To acknowledge and celebrate diversity, MC Library creates online guides and library displays for each awareness day or month designated by the Board.

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