A brief history of International Women’s Day from it’s beginnings in 1909 to the present day. We use resources, discoverable through LibrarySearch, so you can find out more
Joy Harjo – 2019 US Poet Laureate
Joy Harjo is the first Native American Poet Laureate in the 83 years long history of the position. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 9, 1951, Harjo is a member of the Mvskoke/Creek […]
Women’s History Month 2020: Lesser-Known Heroines of Women’s Suffrage
This Women’s History Month CCCU Library is celebrating ‘forgotten’ women; those who have often been left out of the history books, whose accomplishments have been overshadowed by patriarchal narratives, whose […]
Women’s History Month 2020 – Mary Anning
Where do you get your blog inspiration? Sometimes I feel bereft of inspiration but sometimes it hits you when you’re least expecting it. I took February half term off work […]
Rosalind Franklin – An overshadowed scientist
One of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th Century was the discovery of the structure of the molecule that our genes are made of – DNA – often called […]