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Celebration of Women’s History Month
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 a public
presentation in downtown Muncie. Mapping Notable Women around the World will
be presented at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts (520 East Main Street) on
Wednesday, March 29 from 6:00 to 7:00 in the Colonnade Room.
The
presentation will feature maps depicting the lives of amazing women around the
world and in Muncie, and women often overlooked by history books are
highlighted: A map about the life of
civil rights activist Fannie Harmer (above, click to enlarge) identifies
important places and events in her life.
And a map about fashion designer Ann Cole Lowe, who was the un-credited
creator of Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding gown, will be included. Also included is the featured “Map of the
Month” in the GRMC on the second floor of Bracken Library--a map about
Indiana native Margaret Hamilton, who wrote the computer code for the Apollo space
missions.
The
presentation will also feature maps about women’s issues around the world. Maps identifying education and employment
inequality, women in government, healthcare issues, and discrimination and
advancements in society will be shown.
And photographs from the Libraries’ digital archives will be
incorporated.
The
GRMC created a special collection of online maps for Women’s History Month available
from the Libraries’ Cardinal Scholar institutional repository. These include maps about women working in
agriculture, female heads of state, women in tertiary teaching, and even the
travels of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
(Type “women in the world map” in the search box to access the available
cartographic resources).
The
presentation is open to the public and suitable for all ages. Free parking is available. For more information, please contact the GRMC
at 765-285-1097.
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