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      #EmbraceEquality: International Women’s Day Staff Picks

      by BehindTheShelves March 8, 2023
      Our Collection Development team pose to #EmbraceEquality. Left to right: Sarah, Erin, Cynthia, Elizabeth, Myrrhita

      March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), which serves as an opportunity to highlight and reflect upon the status of progress made towards achieving gender equality. This year's theme is #EmbraceEquality. 

      Explore the Library's International Women's Day & Women's History Month collection of book lists, events, and resources, here

      We shouted out to our Library staff in honour of International Women's Day 2023, asking them for some of their favourite picks from our collection and famous quotes to share on the big day.

      Here are some of our selections for now and year-round #GirlPower inspiration!


      Alys' Picks

      Alderney Gate Public Library

      She Who Became the Sun
       
       
      A beautifully written book about a transgender warrior choosing and embracing greatness, set during the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
       

      Last Night at the Telegraph Club

       

      Through the main character Lily Hu, this book allowed me to witness aspects of the Red scare, growing up Chinese-American, and lesbian culture in the 1950s, all revealed through a sweet and (at times) sad love story.

      Uprooted

       

      Author Naomi Novik writes very sophisticated and rewarding fantasy books. I have re-read this one several times, because I find it so funny, moving, and powerful.


      Anna's Pick

      Marketing & Communications

      Herland

      This 1915 novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a classic piece of feminist literature—one that's stayed with me since I read it in school! Despite being over 100 years old, it does a great job of playing with the construct of gender roles and femininity in ways that resonate to this day.



      Åsa's Pick

      Chief Librarian & CEO

      Little Women

      It's hard to believe that Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was first published over 150 years ago. Jo Marsh, the aspiring writer with a strong will who challenged social expectations, feels just as relevant today.


      Ashley's Pick

      Marketing & Communications

      The Handmaid's Tale

      The Handmaid's Tale is a classic, time tested, quintessential feminist book. Atwood digs into the oppression of women, unapologetically, in this dystopian world that bears parallels to modern day issues. The protagonist, Offred, is an unstoppable powerhouse who will leave you feeling fired-up and empowered.


      Chanae's Pick

      Eastern District

      Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

      Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen is first of a 3-book series. It is an incredibly powerful and thought provoking novel about racism, mental health, and the Black experience for young women. The story follows the journey of four Black girls, each of whom have different struggles and come from different backgrounds. Through the story, readers are taken on a journey of the struggles and joys that come with being Black. 

      The story is told in a stream-of-consciousness style that allows the reader to get inside each character’s head and really feel their struggles and triumphs. Overall, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted is an important and powerful novel that will leave readers thinking long after they finish it. The novel is also a source of inspiration and empowerment to black girls, showing them that they are capable and worthy of achieving their goals! Highly recommend it!

      Colleen's Pick

      Marketing & Communications

      The Hare

      This is a story of survival under the male gaze and perseverance through social obligation, in which "a guileless young woman becomes ensnared by a malevolent conman." While The Hare is at times, difficult to read (and I suggest looking into content triggers before picking it up), its core message immediately came to mind when thinking about #GirlPower. It's part thriller, part meditation on what it means to be a woman, mother, friend, and fighter.



      Cynthia's Pick

      Collection Development & Access

      West With the Night

      This beautifully written, fascinating memoir, tells the story of English-born Markham, who spent most of her life in East Africa as an adventurer, a racehorse trainer, and a pilot-she became the first person to fly nonstop from Europe to America in 1936, (crash-landing in Cape Breton!), thus defying all expectations of how a woman should live.


      Diane's Picks

      Bedford Public Library

      The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

      This book highlights the lives of girls and women in beautiful writing.

      Dare to Lead

      An empathy-based approach to leading by a truly inspiring woman. 



      Elliott's Pick

      Eastern District

      The School for Good Mothers

      Through the lens of dystopian fiction, Jessamine Chan’s chilling debut examines our collective understanding of ‘the good mother’ and the agony of living up to impossible expectations.


      Jeannie's Picks

      Tantallon Public Library

      The Girl Who Drank the Moon

      This is a beautiful story of love, magic and personal growth. There is so much depth in the many stories that are woven together. It is a must read for everyone.

      The Paper Bag Princess

      I love her strength and creativity in how she tricks the dragon! And of course, how she rejects the price for not approving of her appearance despite the fact that she saved him!

      The Alice Network

      I love that this book is based on real life and how amazingly brave the women spies were.



      Laurel's Picks

      Marketing & Communications

      Rosie Revere, Engineer

      I gift this children’s book to every new parent. It’s got everything; a delightful, sing-songy rhyme, beautiful artwork, and lessons on trying hard, overcoming setbacks, and finding kind mentors that believe in you. Young Rosie is an inspiration to every age! Looking for more, check out all Andrea Beaty’s books that feature the bright students of Miss Lila Greer’s grade two class.


      Mary's Picks

      Halifax Central Library

      Three stacks of books on a wooden desk with a paper flower displayed in front. Titles: Mud City by Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, Middlemarch by George Eliot, The Housekeeper & The Professor by Yoko Ogawa, Sofie & Cecilia by Katherine Ashenburg, I Always Loved You by Robin Oliveira, Still Alice by Lisa Genova, Cloud of Bone by Bernice Morgan, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock, Devotions by Mary Oliver, A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, No Place Like Home by Conrad, Laidlaw, and Smith, The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery

      All these titles, and so many more great books written by and about women, can be found in our Library.

      From the last lines of The Summer Day by Mary Oliver:

       

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