Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month

Celebrate Women’s History Month at LPL

Throughout March, join us as we celebrate women’s contributions in local, state, and national history through programs, books, podcasts, archive materials, and more.

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Women’s History Month Staff Picks

Browse our catalog for books and other titles related to women’s history.

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Featured Podcasts

Tune into our Turning the Page podcast as LPL librarians sit down with local and nationally renowned authors to discuss their work, lived experiences, and journeys as writers.

A Conversation with Mariama J. Lockington

A Conversation with Mariama J. Lockington
Local poet and novelist Mariama J. Lockington discusses her lived experiences and how they influenced her debut novel For Black Girls like Me
In Conversation with Nikky Finney

In Conversation with Nikky Finney
Renowned poet and professor Nikky Finney shares her journey as a writer and becoming an award-winning literary icon

In the Digital Archives

Voyages, Adventures and Situation of the French Emigrants

Voyages, Adventures and Situation of the French Emigrants
Voyages, Adventures and Situation of the French Emigrants
A work containing information on French emigrants from 1789-1799, translated into English by an anonymous translator using the pen name, “A Lady”
Hamilton College Yearbooks

Hamilton College Yearbooks
Yearbooks spanning from 1892-1928 for Hamilton College, formerly Hamilton Female College, in Lexington, Kentucky
Katherine Pettit Diary

Katherine Pettit Diary
The diary (ca. 1899) of Katherine Pettit, detailing her work for the Kentucky Confederation of Women's Clubs, as well as her work in establishing the Hindman Settlement School, which opened in 1902
Bath County Memorial Library Collection

Bath County Memorial Library Collection
Includes the Gilmore diary collection (1944-1955), written by Etta Evans Gilmore, the wife of a Bath County physician and an active community figure