Photographs and Memories …..during Women's History Month

We celebrate Women's History Month every March in the United States. This year, St. Mary's University is hosting several programs to honor the contributions of women. Take a look at the 2010 St. Mary's University's Women's History Month program.

I hope you will visit the Blume Library to see our display celebrating Women's History Month: Snapshots of Women's History. I designed the display to focus on the way photographs can challenge our assumptions about the diversity of female experiences. The pictures on display show women contributing to society in a variety of ways including as artists, teachers, students, protestors, writers, business owners, and athletes. All the photos on display come from the Flickr Commons project, a repository of publicly-held photographs from archives and libraries throughout the world. The display also includes books from the Blume Library collection that focus on women in photography, either as subjects of the photos or as photographers.

The Blume Library Art Exhibit area highlights the two themes of women and photography this March with the opening of a photo exhibit by local artist Melanie Rush-Davis. The exhibit will run from March 7- April 16th and a reception will be held on Wednesday, April 7th from 4-5:30pm.

I invite you to stop by the library to view these displays and think about women's contributions to society, both now and in the past. I also encourage you to take advantage of all the wonderful Women's History Month programs occurring this month on our campus!