Hi everyone, just a reminder, next Southeast Steuben County Library Adult Book Club meeting will be here at the library next Friday, March 13, 2020 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

This month we’ll be discussing the book Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.

Hope to see everyone next Friday!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

Email: reimerl@stls.org

 

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Book Club Notes from the February Adult Book Club meeting

 

Recommended Books:

These titles were recommended by book club members during our February meeting:

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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Harriet (2019) movie: It was mentioned that the 2019 film Harriet which chronicles Harriet Tubman’s journey from slavery, to freedom to Underground Railway conductor to national hero would be shown at the library as part of the Free Friday Film series. Library book club host, Linda Reimer, couldn’t remember what month the movies is being shown – it will be the July Free Friday Film and will be shown in the library’s community room on Friday, July 10, 2020, start time 7:00 p.m.

 

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Harriet Tubman Museum in Auburn, New York: It was mentioned, during our discussion, that there is an excellent Harriet Tubman Museum in Auburn, New York. The museum itself is actually a homestead that Harriet Tubman lived on and the tour shows visitors around the property.

The website for the museum lists hours of operation and contact information is found at the following web address:

https://www.harriettubmanhome.com/

 

Also found on the website is a link to a 26 minute video about the museum put together by the Syracuse PBS station WCNY:

https://video.wcny.org/video/insight-insight-61915/

 

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Women’s Rights In The U.S. Advancing Over Time: Also discussed during the meeting was the topic of how women’s rights have advanced in the U.S. from the time the February read, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, was set in approximately the 1850s through today. A Facebook page was mentioned titled 40 Basic Rights Women Didn’t Have Until The 1970s. The Facebook page, which requires a logged in Facebook account to access, is found at the following web address:

https://www.facebook.com/historycollectionco/posts/1120079411667397

 

The Facebook page is hosted by the History Collection group and they also host a website found at the following address:

https://historycollection.co/40-basic-rights-women-did-not-have-until-the-1970s/24/

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