This month's discussion will cover Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America by Karenna Gore Schiff.
About this book:
An inspirational and illuminating study of nine women who transformed modern America through their battle against inequity and social injustice, including Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton, Frances Perkins, Viriginia Durr, Septima Clark, Dolores Huerta, Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and Gretchen Buchenholtz.
This group is moderated by Coolidge Museum Committee members Leslie Skantz-Hodgson (Smith Vocational School Librarian) and Rob Weir (retired professor of history).
To join the email list or for more information, email Coolidge@forbeslibrary.org
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