150 Women who Shake The World

Hello ladies.

Newsweek  magazine has compiled a list of 150 Women Who Shake the World.  You can explore this list of extraordinary women further here. We also have a copy of this issue of Newsweek in the library if you would like to browse through it or check it out to take home.


The list includes women whose names we are all familiar with, like Diane von Furstenburg, Hilary Clinton, Madeline Albright, and Michele Obama as well as a number of notable women you have probably never heard mentioned but who have done great things. For example: 

ChouChou Namegabe (Congo)
Self-taught Congolese radio journalist who raises awareness of women's issues for hundreds of thousands of women and children.








Sussan Tahmasebi (Iran)
 Iranian women's and civil rights activist and co-founder of the One Million Signatures Campaign.



Pilju Kim Joo (North Korea)

North Korean agricultural expert who brings the gift of food to one of the world's hungriest regions.

Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny

International Women's Day Video

Hello ladies.

As we celebrate Women's History Month, I will be sharing some videos, facts and other items I come across. Here is a video put together in celebration International Women's Day (March 8, 2011) that highlights some of the everyday things we do that would not be possible without working women. Enjoy!



Happy Viewing,
Miss Kenny

Women's History Month Nonfiction

Hello ladies. 

In honor of March being Women's History Month we are featuring a number of nonfiction titles about women and womens rights in the library. Titles in the display include: 

• Balancing the Equation: where are women and girls in science, engineering and technology? by Mary Thom
• The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women compiled by Rosalie Maggio
• The Beauty Myth: how images of beauty are used against women by Naomi Wolf
• Celtic Women: women in Celtic society and literature by Peter Berresford Ellis
• Don't Call Us Out of Name:the untold lives of women and girls in poor America by Lisa Dodson
• From Pocahontas to Power Suits: everything you need to know about women's history in America by Kay Mills
• Gutsy Girls: young women who dare by Tina Schwager and Michele Schuerger
• Leaving Deep Water: the lives of Asian American women at the crossraods of two cultures 
• Ophelia Speaks by Sarah Shandler 
• Price of Honor: Muslim women lift the veil of silence on the Islamic world by Jan Goodwin
• School Girls: young women, self-esteem and the confidence gap by Peggy Orenstien 
• See Jane Win: a smart girl's guide to success by Sylvia Rimm
• Veiled Courage: inside the Afghan women's resistance by Cheryl Benard
• Walking on Fire: Haitian women's stories of survival and resistance by Beverly Bell 
• What Every American Should Know About Women's History: 200 events that shaped our destiny by Christine Lunardini
• Where the Girls Are: growing up female with the mass media by Susan J. Douglas
• Women in the Material World by Faith D'Alusio
• Women of the 1960s by Stuart A. Kallen
• Women's Rights by Natasha Thomsen
• Yell-Oh Girls: emerging voices explore culture, identity and growing up Asian American 

Happy Reading, 

Miss Kenny

Feminist Fiction

Hello ladies.

In honor of Women's History Month we will be displaying a collection of feminist fiction in the Fontbonne Academy Library.  Titles being featured include:

• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver 
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
• A Doll's House by Henrik Isben 
• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 
• The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan 
• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 
• A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Sula by Toni Morrison 
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 
• The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Happy Reading, 

Miss Kenny 

Author Guide: Amy Tan

Clickable Links
Amy Tan: Writing from Personal Experience
A Conversation with Amy Tan on The Joy Luck Club
Academy of Achievement: Amy Tan
Amy Tan's Official Site
NY Times Amy Tan Feature Page
EB Online
Bloom's Literary Reference

Author Guide: Betty Smith

Clickable Links

NJIT’s Betty Smith Page 

Bloom's Literary Reference  (see either Miss Kenny or Mrs.Lathrop for a username and password)

The Metamorphosis

Hello ladies.

I'm sure that many of you have either heard of or read Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.  Whether you enjoyed this title or not, sometimes it can be interesting to see the story in a different format or from another point of view.

For those of you who are fans of graphic novels (or Kafka) we have a graphic novel adaptation of The Metamorphosis here in the library, created by Peter Kuper. To get a preview of this title, you can watch a video of the first chapter here.

Review
"Kuper translates this story masterfully with his scratchboard illustrations. The text is more spare, but the visuals are so strongly rendered that little of the original is changed or omitted. Though the story remains set in Kafka's time, Kuper has added some present-day touches, such as fast-food restaurants, that do not detract from the tale. He has used the medium creatively, employing unusual perspectives and panel shapes, and text that even crawls on the walls and ceilings, as Gregor does. The roach has an insect body but human facial expressions. Once he is pelted with the apple, readers can watch his rapid decline, as his body becomes more wizened and his face more gaunt. This is a faithful rendition rather than an illustrated abridgment." 

-School Library Journal 

Feel free to stop by and browse through The Metamorphosis or check it out to take home.

Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny