Adult
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Get Growing!
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Fiction, Gardening, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
Spring is here, bulbs are popping, trees are budding and the birds are busy! Working with seeds and plants is a great way to relieve stress and to focus on […]
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Memories of Ireland
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
With a great-great-grandmother named Margaret Mary Murphy, it was a sure bet that I would someday see Ireland. Even though over 30 years have passed since I visited, the overall […]
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Jailed For Freedom: Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Women's History
| Tagged with 19th Amendment, Alice Paul, Angela Dodson, Doris Stevens, Forced Feeding, Jailed For Freedom, Kate Heffelfinger, law, Law Library, Lucy Burns, Maud Powell Jamison, Meldon Jenkins-Jones, National Women's Party, Night of Terror, Occoquan Workhouse, Oliver W. Hill Book Club, Pauline Adams, Silent Sentinels, Turning Point Suffrage Memorial, Women's Suffrage, Women's Suffrage Banners, Women's Suffrage Prison Special, Woodrow Wilson
Lorton, Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse,built in 1910 and originally used to hold prisoners completing short sentences for offenses like disorderly conduct, played a key role in women’s suffrage history. National Woman’s […]
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Black Suffragists and Activists: Addie Waites Hunton
Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Black History Month, History and Preservation, Law Library, Women's History
| Tagged with Addie Waited Hunton, African American Suffragist, Law Library, Natioanl Association of Colored Women, Suffragist, William A. Hunton
In preparation for Black History Month, I did a little research and uncovered some fascinating people like Addie Waites Hunton, an African American suffragist, activist, writer, political organizer, and educator. […]
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Celebrating the Year of the Ox
Posted about 3 years ago by Laura Price
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Adult, Asian American, Children's, Families, Holidays, Teens
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, Lunar New Year, picture books, teens, Year of the Ox, young adult
It's the Year of the Ox! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a new book!
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FOUND: The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Asian American, Book Reviews, Children's, crafts and hobbies, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with book recommendations, Communication, Friendship, Handwriting, letter writing
Lost or dead. We often see the unhappy plight of an art no longer in use as an indication of cultural decay. We can also see a challenge. These days, […]
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Contact Tracing & Your Rights – Part 1
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Book Reviews, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Contact Tracing, Covid-19, disease, Law Library, pandemic, Spanish Flu
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: PART 1
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Law Library, Native American Heritage Month, Native Americans
National American Indian Heritage Month Designation In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution authorizing November 1990 as National American Indian Heritage Month. Comparable proclamations, under various […]
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YOU CAN VOTE NOW!
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Elections, Events, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Civil Rights Act, elections, Law Library, Voting
In Virginia early in-person voting began on September 18, 2020 and ends on October 31, 2020. Why Should You Vote? But, why should you vote? Some reasons are: 1. Voting is […]
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Celebrate the 19th Amendment
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Elections, Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Women's History
| Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, elections, Law Library, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights
Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]
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