The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the arrival of its latest publication, Changing History: Virginia Women through Four Centuries, written by historians Cynthia A. Kierner, Jennifer R. Loux, and Megan Taylor Shockley. Generously illustrated, Changing History is based on recent scholarship as well as new research in original records. The engaging narrative reveals a history of Virginia women whose rights and choices have increased over time: enslaved women became free; wives became property-owners; women of all races attained greater access to education, suffrage, and other basic civil rights. Progress has not always been steady and improvements have varied by class, race, and region. Virginia's women have created an evocative legacy. Changing History tells their stories.

Please join us for a noon program in the conference rooms at the Library on Tuesday, March 19th, when authors Cynthia Kierner and Megan Shockley will join Librarian of Virginia Sandra G. Treadway in a discussion about the challenges and opportunities in researching 400 years of Virginia women and the unparalleled resources for women's history available at the Library of Virginia.

For more information: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/dayInfo.asp?calmonth=3&calyear=2013&calday=19


Gregg D. Kimball, Director

Public Services and Outreach

Library of Virginia

804-692-3722


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