{"id":44013,"date":"2017-10-31T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T18:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/?p=44013"},"modified":"2017-10-31T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T18:06:27","slug":"female-movers-shakers-across-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/2017\/10\/31\/female-movers-shakers-across-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Movers and Shakers Across the Centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Martha Hutzel, Library Director, Central Rappahannock Regional Library<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a librarian, and a library director, I am a lover of books of all kinds. I read fiction and<br \/>\nnonfiction, magazines, comics, the newspaper, and plenty of online articles. I grew up loving<br \/>\nbooks and the printed word. I recently read <a href=\"https:\/\/librarypoint.bibliocommons.com\/item\/show\/755042072\">The Women Who Made New York<\/a>, by Julie Scelfo, a<br \/>\nformer Stafford County resident and graduate of our local high school system. <!--more-->Ms. Scelfo spoke at our Fredericksburg Library last year, and while I was unable to attend her highly regarded<br \/>\ntalk, I read the book recently and really loved it. This book is a great example of women taking<br \/>\nand creating leadership roles, even if they did not at the time have official leadership positions.<br \/>\nMost of them were very strong, outspoken women who decided to force change, have careers,<br \/>\nmake a difference and leave a lasting impression and a legacy. For instance, this nonfiction<br \/>\nbook, which by the way is beautifully created, bound and packaged, and would be a great<br \/>\nholiday gift for anyone who loves books, covers women who had a positive and changing impact<br \/>\non New York City, from 1650 to today, from Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell to Jackie Kennedy Onassis,<br \/>\nfrom Susan Sontag to Tina Fey, Ms. Scelfo has covered them all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/women.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44014 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/women.jpg\" alt=\"Book with Statue of Liberty and title: Women Who Made New York\" width=\"155\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>The accomplishments range from writer Edith Wharton, who bucked convention and wrote her<br \/>\nnow famous novels chronicling the hypocrisy and repression of the affluent classes in NYC, to<br \/>\nFighting Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American female elected to Congress. Her motto is<br \/>\nstill relevant today: \u201cIf they don\u2019t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In 1870, fifty years before women were guaranteed the right to vote, Victoria Woodhull and her<br \/>\nsister Tennie Claflin opened a brokerage firm on Wall Street. Talk about leaning in! They owned<br \/>\nthe table, and the men were so shocked they actually came to gawk through the front window.<br \/>\nOr how about Barbra Streisand, who despite her loud mouth and brashness, not to mention her<br \/>\nrefusal to hide her religion, became a great signing and acting success in NYC. No shrinking<br \/>\nviolet here! There are pages devoted to Grace Jones, Joan Rivers, Hannah Arendt, Joan Didion<br \/>\nand many other women who left an indelible mark on New York, making it the city it is today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This book is jampacked with interesting facts and information on politicians, actresses, writers,<br \/>\nmadams, renegades, artists, advocates and women who made an impact simply because they<br \/>\nlet their voices be heard and didn\u2019t take no for an answer. It simply took a long time for these<br \/>\nwomen to get the credit they deserve! I strongly recommend The Women Who Made New York,<br \/>\nwhich is available at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarypoint.org\/\">Central Rappahannock Regional Library<\/a> for your reading enjoyment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Martha Hutzel, Library Director, Central Rappahannock Regional Library As a librarian, and a library director, I am a lover of books of all kinds. 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