Book Recommendations For International Women's Day!

 I discovered an article on Bookbub's website titled, Celebrate International Women's Day with These Books. I have not read any of the books mentioned in the article. Most of them sound really good. I will be adding On Morrison by Namwali Serpell, The Sea Captain's Wife by Tilar J. Mazzeo, It Girl by Allison Pataki and The Woman and Her Stars by Penny Haw to my ever growing reading wishlist.

Happy International Women's Day!!

 

International Women's Day: The Role of Motherhood In Society & Social Movements

 

Happy International Women's Day!!

I celebrated the day by watching a live virtual event

presented by First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom

& California Museum. 

See the following description about this event below.

Happy International Women’s Day! Join First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom for a virtual discussion on the role of motherhood in society and social movements TODAY at 1:30 pm!

Special guests include Dr. Shirley N. Weber, the first African American California Secretary of State, and Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of the book “The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation.” Both guests’ achievements are highlighted in updates for Women’s History Month to our signature exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World,” which will be featured in today’s livestream.

I really enjoyed watching this 30 minute

program featuring Dr. Shirley N. Weber

& Anna Malaika Tubbs.

Below is a YouTube video of their talk.

Fast forward to 24 minutes, 29 seconds to view

the start of the program!

Happy International Women's Day!!

With it being International Women's Day today, I thought it would be a very fitting idea to share the following article I read on Bustle's website titled, 15 Empowering YA Fiction Books To Read On International Women's Day by Kerri Jarema. 

In the article, Kerri Jarema wrote the following:

March 8 marks International Women's Day, a yearly celebration that focuses on celebrating women and our economic, political and social achievements throughout history. This year, though, women and those who seek to support them are taking things a step further with the The Day Without Women, a strike that seeks to prove just what the world would be like without women workers.

Click on the top link to discover which empowering young adult novels made the list... I've already read Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera in January for Bustle's American Woman Book Club and it is phenomenal MUST read! I would like to read Dumplin' by Julie Murphy, Nimona by Noella Stevenson, and Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo in the future.

Which empowering novels or nonfiction books by and/or about women do you want to read?? Share the book titles with me in the comment section below.