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A Mighty Girl Pick of the Day: "How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. When Alice Paul met Lucy Burns... in a British jail after a suffrage protest, it was the start of a beautiful friendship and an alliance that would transform America! They returned home with bold plans to bring new ideas U.S. Women's Suffrage Movement and push for a long overdue Constitutional amendment guaranteeing women's right to vote. To grab the public attention, they organized giant events, like a grand suffrage parade the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration and a two-year long picket outside of the White House, and they endured prison and hunger strikes. They reinvigorated the activists who had been fighting for women's suffrage for over seven decades and attracted countless new supporters who refused to be silenced, and together, their determination made the 19th Amendment a reality. Perfect for celebrating this year's 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, this extraordinary book by a Newbery Honor winner uses captivating storytelling and cartoon-like art to tell Alice and Lucy's story, while interspersing dozens of historic photos and fascinating sidebars with maps, timelines, and newspaper clippings throughout, making this a fun, engrossing introduction to this momentous period in American history. Highly recommended for ages 7 to 12. "How Women Won the Vote" is available at https://www.amightygirl.com/how-women-won-the-vote There is also a fantastic new picture book about Alice Paul and her leadership during this critical period in the fight for women's rights: "Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson for the Vote" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/fight-of-the-century For a fascinating book for adult readers about the final fight for the ratification of the 19th Amendment during the summer of 1920, we also recommend "The Woman's Hour" (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-woman-s-hour) and the new Young Readers adaptation for ages 10 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-woman-s-hour-young-readers) To learn more about Alice Paul and Lucy Burns' incredible story and their important legacy in securing women's right to vote, the film "Iron Jawed Angels" is highly recommended for viewers 13 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/iron-jawed-angels For more books for all ages about the long fight for women's suffrage in the U.S., visit our blog post, "How Women Won The Vote: Books for Kids & Adults About the U.S. Suffrage Movement, at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11827

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You're invited to join us tomorrow for an evening of poetry reading with Pride Poets that explores love and community. After the reading, there will be a discu...ssion with the poets about the importance of poetry in the LGBTQ+ community. Register for this event by visiting bit.ly/PridePoetsOct20 #poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtq #LACountyLibrary #libraryprogram

Congratulations to the new Friends of Acton/Agua Dulce Library Board of Directors President - Ramona Hall Vice President - Yvonne Chapman Treasurer - Laura Beauregard Secretary - Mary Ann Foley... Director at Large - Bookstore - Linda Hitsman Director at Large - Volunteers/Membership Past President - Kat Fandino See more

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We’re excited to announce that our 3 special edition library cards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment are now available at all Sidewalk S...ervice libraries! The cards feature the work of local artists commissioned by the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and in partnership with L.A. County Women and Girls Initiative Current cardholders can replace existing library cards with one of the Centennial designs free of charge. Pick up yours while supplies last! Learn more by visiting: https://lacountylibrary.org/19thAmendment/

Can you achieve Book BINGO? 1. Save the image of the board 2. Cross off any library/reading/book related activities you’ve done 3. See if you can get BINGO!... 4. Compete with your friends 5. Share on social media and tag us @LACountyLibrary For more Teen Read Month activities and resources, visit: https://lacountylibrary.org/teen-read-month/

It’s that time of year again! Children from Kindergarten through the 12th grade are invited to celebrate books , reading , and art by participating in... our annual Bookmark Contest! Be creative and have fun! Winning bookmark designs will be featured at their local library and all through LA County. Visit a Sidewalk Service location to pick up an entry form, or click LACountyLibrary.org/bookmark-contest/ to download an entry form.

Last fall, we launched our Centennial Celebration with 100 free Memberships to L.A. college students. This fall? We’re giving away 500 free Memberships to colle...ge students! Want to apply? Here’s what you need to know: Submissions open at 10 am on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Check back here or go to https://bit.ly/3lGG0R4 to apply Students must currently be enrolled at a Los Angeles County-area college Applicants will have 24 hours to submit, and winners will be picked via lottery

"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone." -- Jo Goodwin For this week's Banned Books Week, we're honoring an author who has spent de...cades fighting against censorship: Judy Blume. As she once observed: "It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. For two inspiring books about girls fighting against censorship in schools - both for ages 9 to 12 - we highly recommend "Property of the Rebel Librarian" (https://www.amightygirl.com/property-of-the-rebel-librarian) and "Ban This Book" (https://www.amightygirl.com/ban-this-book) For a thought-provoking young adult novel exploring censorship, we recommend "Suggested Reading" for ages 14 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/suggested-reading For two excellent books about Mighty Girls who find hope by reading forbidden books - both for ages 12 and up - we recommend "Voices" (https://www.amightygirl.com/voices) and "The Book Thief" (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-book-thief) For stories about girls living in oppressive societies with little respect for freedom of expression, you can find many titles for children and teens in our "Oppression & Repression" book section at http://amgrl.co/2gAoIGs And, for Mighty Girl stories that pay tribute to the transformative power of books, check out our blog post "Celebrating a Love of Reading: 35 Mighty Girl Stories about Books, Libraries, and Literacy" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11656

A book is a door to a world outside your own.