Women in the World: The
Geography of Women’s History Presentation
The Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection
(GRMC) on the second floor of Bracken Library is celebrating Women’s History
Month with special public presentations in Muncie. Women
in the World is a special maps program created by the GRMC that will be
held in two different sessions—2:00 pm to 3:00 pm and 6:00 to 7:00 pm—on Monday,
March 17 at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts in downtown Muncie at 520 East
Main Street.
The program will feature maps about women’s issues around the
world. Maps depicting education and
employment inequality, women in government, healthcare issues facing women
around the world, and discrimination and advancements in society will be
shown. Other maps showing contributions
of women in history will also be featured in the program.
The GRMC has created a special collection of online maps for Women’s
History Month available from the Ball State University Libraries’ CardinalScholar institutional repository. These
include maps about women working in agriculture, women heads of state, women in
tertiary teaching, and countries with high breast cancer rates. Type “women in the world map” in the search
box to see the available cartographic resources.
Please contact the Cornerstone Center at 765-281-9503 to reserve a spot
for the program. Free parking is
available.
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