Celebrating Women’s History Month

Posted March 1, 2024 in JMU Libraries News

March is Women’s History Month! We invite you to learn about and celebrate women’s history through film, local events, and JMU Libraries exhibits and collections. 

1. Experience Women’s History in Film

Check out the Women & Society collection of hundreds of streaming videos in Kanopy – an award-winning video streaming service providing independent and documentary films, available to you for free through JMU Libraries.

2. Check Out an Exhibit

These six exhibits about women’s history, experience, and accomplishments were created or supported by Libraries staff and faculty.

3. Explore Our Collections

This research guide points to the best resources in JMU Libraries for researching women, gender, and sexuality in society, culture, and history.

4. Attend an Event

Check out these JMU and Harrisonburg events in March 2024 that celebrate women:

• Women’s History Month DEEP Impact Tabling & Kick Off
  Friday, March 1 | noon–1:30 p.m. | SSC 1312 at JMU, CMSS SOGIE Suite
• Shades of Strength: Black Women’s Resistance: Broadside Gallery Reception
  Friday, March 1 | 5-7 p.m. | JMU Cardinal House, 500 Cardinal Dr. | Public
• Women’s Wellness Panel & Lunch, with ODS and SOGIE
  Tuesday, March 5 | noon–1:30 p.m. | The Union at JMU, Warren 256
• girls + eggs: Art Exhibit Closing
  Open until March 8 | JMU Duke Hall, 820 S. Main St. | Public
• Harrisonburg International Women’s Day March
  Saturday, March 9, 10am | City Hall, 409 S. Main St. | Public
• The Walls, a staged Reading hosted by Rocktown Readers
  Monday, March 11, 7pm | EMU Black Box Theater, 1200 Park Rd. | Public
• DEEP Impact Dialogue: Women and Health Care
  March 20 | 7–8:30pm | The Union Ballroom 
• Keynote Event: “Great Minds are Not All the Same” by Dr. Temple Grandin, Disability Advocacy Week and Women’s History Month Speaker
  March 28 | 4:30–5:45pm | Festival Ballroom