March is Women's History Month at public library

Warwick — Each year, March is designated as National Women’s History Month to ensure that the history of American women will be recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities throughout the country. The stories of women’s historic achievements present an expanded view of the complexity and contradiction of living a full and purposeful life. Some new materials available for adults at the Albert Wisner Public Library for Women’s History Month include: “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee,” by Charles J. Shields; “Tough Choices: A Memoir,” by Carly Fiorina (former CEO of Hewlett Packard); “The Girl Who Walked Home Alone,” by Charlotte Chandler (biography of Bette Davis); “Girls of a Tender Age,” by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith; and “About Alice,” by Calvin Trillin. New materials for children this month include “Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium,” by Carla Killough McClafferty; “Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor,” by Emily Arnold McCully; and “Through Georgia’s Eyes: Georgia O’Keefe,” by Rachel Rodriguez. The library will also present two programs on women’s history in March. On Sunday, March 11, Sue Gardener, local history librarian, will present “On Women of Warwick: Treasures from the Archive at 4 p.m. Enjoy a sampling of the marvelous women of Warwick’s past, including a rare showing of some treasures from the archive of the Historical Society of the Town of Warwick. On Sunday, March 25, Wendy Dembeck will lead a discussion of Virginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” at 4 p.m. Published in 1927, “To the Lighthouse” is considered to be one of the greatest literary achievements of the 20th century. The three sections of the book take place between 1910 and 1920 and revolve around various members of the Ramsay family, during visits to their summer residence on the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Copies will be available at the library from Feb. 25. Registration is required for these programs. Call the Library’s reference desk at 845-986-1047, ext. 23.