Adult

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations

April is both National Poetry Month AND National Pet Month.  What better way to celebrate than with poetry about dogs, for dogs, and by dogs.  Check out the Academy of American Poets and The Poetry Foundation […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, 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 […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Laura Price

Posted in Adult, Children's

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 […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events | 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 […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult | 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.   […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Laura Price

Posted in Adult, Children's, Families, 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!

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations | 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, […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews | Tagged with Contact Tracing, Covid-19, disease, Law Library, pandemic, Spanish Flu

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events | 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 […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Events, Reading Recommendations | 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 […]