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March 1, 2018March Library Posters for National Women’s History Month
February 28th, 1909 the first National Women’s Day was observed in the United States. Since then, Women’s Day has been internationally honored for over 108 years. In 1975, the United Nations established International Women’s Day on March 8th. By 1987, United States Congress declared the entire month of March as National Women’s History Month.
In honor of women across the globe, in our past and to our future, we are excited to share our March Women’s Literary History posters. Decorate your library with these posters and celebrate with young and old patrons the phenomenal history of women.
In honor of women across the globe, in our past and to our future, we are excited to share our March Women’s Literary History posters. Decorate your library with these posters and celebrate with young and old patrons the phenomenal history of women.
March Women's Literary History Posters
Download our Women's Literary History Posters and check out the biographies of each author featured.
Maya Angelou
Poet, Author, Civil Rights Activist (1928 - 2014)
Maya Angelou, known for her critically acclaimed memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, wrote a collection of autobiographies, poetry, and essays centered around racism, identity, family, and travel.Born April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, Angelou faced a difficult childhood. Her parents split up when she was a young girl and experienced first hand the racial prejudices and discrimination in the southern United States. At the age of seven, Angelou was assaulted and abused. Traumatized by the experience, Angelou retreated within herself for many years after.
At age 16 Angelou became pregnant with her first child. In the 1950's Maya Angelou's career rose as a performer receiving nominations and awards for her roles. Her work also expanded into civil rights activism where she worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
Library Lesson Activity:
Introduce Maya Angelou to students through her poetry. Read the poem "Phenomenal Woman."For mature students, create a discussion about the imagery used by Angelou, her style, and emotion to portray the overall theme and message of the poem. Younger students can also listen to the poem. From there, prompt students to draw an amazing woman that is in their life and the traits that make her so great.Virginia Woolf
Journalist, Author (1882 - 1941)
Virginia Woolf, an English author, wrote modernist classics and was a pioneer in the feminist text. Born as Adeline Virginia Stephen on January 25, 1882, she was raised in a privileged English household. Woolf's parents were well connected in both social and artistic circles, with links to great thinkers like William Thackeray and George Henry Lewes.Woolf's childhood was darkened by sexual abuse and the death of her mother and half-sister. Coping with these tragic experiences, Woolf continued to study and was introduced to the radical feminist and educational reforms of the early 1900s.
Since the beginning of her literary work, Virginia Woolf experimented with several literary tools like compelling and unusual narrative perspectives, dream-states, and free association prose. Most famously known for her Mrs. Dalloway novel and its themes of feminism, mental illness, and homosexuality in the first post-World War, Woolf suffered from mental health issues like depression and severe mood swings. She committed suicide in 1941.
Judy Blume
Author (1938 - Present)
Judy Blume was the second child to Ester and Rudolph Sussman in 1938. From a young age, Judy was given the chance to exercise her creative energies through many activities like piano, dance lessons, reading, and making up stories. After marrying and giving birth to two children, Blume enrolled in writing courses. Her first book to be published was a children's book, The One in The Middle is the Green Kangaroo. It wasn't until she published Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, that Judy Blume became firmly established as a young reader's author.Regardless of the popularity Blume received for her stories, her books were the target for censorship. Five of her works made American Library Association's list of 100 most frequently challenged books.
Madeleine L'Engle
Poet, Author (1918 - 2007)
Madeleine L'Engle told a journalist that she'd been a writer ever since she could hold a pencil. Best known for her novels like A Wrinkle in Time and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. L'Engle grew up as an only child and at the age of 12 moved to Europe with her parents. Madeleine married actor Hugh Franklin in 1946 and had two children together later adopting a third child. Madeleine won the National Humanities Medal in 2004 but due to health issues could not attend the award ceremony. She died on September 6th, 2007.A Wrinkle in Time
The first audience for her best-known work was L'Engle's children. After countless rejections, she was able to find a publisher for her sci-fi fiction tale. L'Engle was inspired to write her book from sources such as Albert Einstien's theory of relativity and works of William Shakespeare. In 1963 Madeleine L'Engle won the prestigious Newbery medal for A Wrinkle in Time. However, regardless of the novel's success, it has been one of the most banned books for some believe it promotes anti-Christian or occultism.
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12 Comments
I love these; please send me all materials. I use these in our library.
Thank you so much! Blessings on you…
Paula Cole
Cody Middle School
Cody, Wyoming 82414
3075874273
Hi Paula! We are happy you love our posters. Since we create multiple posters every month, we don’t typically print them except for special events. Feel free to download any one of the posters above by clicking the dimension sizes. Let us know if you encounter any issues downloading the posters to print! Thank you.
Thank You for the Posters! Love them!
You are so welcome. We are happy you love them!
Thank you so much for these awesome posters! Using them in a high school library display.
Holly, you are welcome! We’d love to see pictures of how you are using our posters in your library; please share to twitter and tag @AlexandriaLib.
New Media Specialist here!! I’m so happy I found this site what a great wealth of information and ideas.
Hi Jennell, we are so glad you enjoy our content! Thank you for the comment!
I am a volunteer library display artist. Thank you for the great resources. I am also interested in purchasing more posters for Women’s History Month, Black History Month, Cesar Chavez Day, as well as May Day/Labor Day/Labor history that can be hung in public school libraries and classrooms.
Hi Carla, we are happy you like our resources! We post new posters each month and you can download them for free. Check out our library of Reading Posters here!
I’m so glad I found your site. Thank you for the wonderful resources.
We love and use your poster in our libraries! Thank you so MUCH for all of the great designs and sizes!