I want to read founding mothers
we are our mother’s daughters
ladies of liberty (coming april 2007)
I didn’t realize she’s from NO
mother from her house to the vatican
rep. bill clinton to the pope
got first lib. card here
raised by mother in 50s, knew how important they were, knew must be true for rev. period, too
as reporter knows founding fathers well… wanted to find more about founding mothers
lots of information lost. some self-destroyed, some family destroyed (not thinking important, women after all)
discovering their lives hard to do
16th century, women’s lives very different dep. on geography
but read same stuff
abigail adams raise family, care old, make money, british are coming
john adams off in philadelphia, no money
he wrote and said “if it gets really bad take the family and fly to woods”
thanks
abigail adams said they’re biggest patriots. women making most sacrifices and if win won’t get anything
it took the stuff in libraries to create an open society
books, writings, etc.
who are the women today who are moving things
women in the forefront are important. it’s important that women can do this
first lady always most powerful woman in america, someday the president will be the most powerful woman in america
there are lots of powerful behind the scenes ladies
how does CR see librarians’ roles historically, presently, future
thinks the debate about if libraries are relevant are over
people recognize again the tremendous value of libraries (community service)
early 19th century started to see ladies reading rooms & talk about ideas
men were terrified
going into age where lib. used for all kinds of things, but mainly gathering place for learning, reading, talking about ideas. invaluable to society
librarians need to keep on keeping on
interesting for her to deal with library
has to show up to view handwriting
used to point of time use for journalism, has to get used to time
what kept her going & motivated
her motivation: theme: women trying to make men behave, being the governors on the notion of “now we have country we can do anything” and pointed out social issues, too interesting to not to it (same reason she’s a journalist), curiosity is the main answer
a great way to close out a conference that, for me, dealt so much with women’s issues!
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