Felix G. Woodward Library has been selected to participate in the Let’s Talk About It (LTAI): Women’s Suffrage grant program sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Let’s Talk About It is “a scholar-led reading and discussion program that involves reading a common series of books chosen by national scholars and discussing them in the context of a larger, overarching theme.” The Woodward Library is one of 25 libraries across the country selected to participate in this grant program, and the only library selected in Tennessee.
Each event will highlight one of the five books in the LTAI: Women’s Suffrage program and discussion groups will meet with a local scholar to talk about the book and its themes.
To open the program, Dr. Jill Eichhorn, associate professor of English and coordinator of the women’s and gender studies program at Austin Peay State University, and Brenda Harper, former co-chair of the Tennessee Triumph Steering Committee and local suffrage historian, will lead a presentation on The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss. The event will take place on Thursday, April 21 at 4 p.m. in Room 232 of Woodward Library.
This event is free and open to the public.
The five individual discussion events will be centered on the following books:
Women Making History: The 19th Amendment Book, essays compiled by the National Park Service (Facilitated by Dr. Jessica Blake and Dr. Jill Eichhorn) - Thursday, May 19 at 5 p.m. at the Office of Equity, Access and Inclusion (OEAI), located at 416 College St.
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones (Facilitated by Dr. Paula White and LaNeeça Williams) - Thursday, July 21 at 5 p.m. at the Office of Equity, Access and Inclusion (OEAI), located at 416 College St.
Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster (Facilitated by Professor Eboné Amos) - Thursday, September 1 at 5 p.m. at the Office of Equity, Access and Inclusion (OEAI), located at 416 College St.
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (Facilitated by Dr. Jill Eichhorn and Professor Elaine Berg) – Thursday, September 29 at 5 p.m. at the Office of Equity, Access and Inclusion (OEAI), located at 416 College St.
For more information or to obtain program materials, including a copy of the books that will be discussed, contact Program Coordinator, Jenny Harris, at 931-221-7914 or harrisj@apsu.edu.
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