Brevard College’s Library Recognizes Women’s History Month

Brevard College’s J.A. Jones Library is recognizing Women’s History Month and its theme “Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet” by offering a wide range of materials that honor women who have taken the lead in the environmental or “green” movement.

The Brevard College Library collection includes books, encyclopedias, journals and e-books representing women as scientists, adventurers, writers, politicians, teachers, naturalists, feminists, heroines, leaders and other women of achievement. Sample resources include Academic Search Premier (online); “A Companion to American Women’s History; Britannica Online”; “Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor”; “The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement”; “Journal of Women's History” (online); “See Jane Lead”; “Such News of the Land: U.S. Women Nature Writers”; “Verve: Western North Carolina’s Smartest Magazine for Women”; “Women and Leadership”; “Women in World History: a biographical history; Women, Power, and Politics”; and “Women Pioneers for the Environment”.

National Women’s History Month honorees for 2009 were chosen as having shown leadership in preserving the natural environment and reversing ecological destruction. To learn more about the nominees and women’s historic accomplishments, visit the National Women’s History Project Web page at www.nwhp.org. A Women’s History Resource Catalog and other pertinent resources on women’s history are available through the Brevard College Library during regular library hours. The library is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Sunday 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. For more information about the library and its resources, contact Mike McCabe, director of the library, at 884-8248 or library@brevard.edu.