A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.
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I was pondering how influenced this might have been by the Edwardian Bluestockings. Turned up whilst googling that Kings College Cambridge ‘let’ women in, in the early 70s. So progressive of them.
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I first learned about book women when I read "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek". It's fiction, based on real events. Not exactly great literature, but interesting and informative history.
@mostaurelius@bookstodon Wow! Funny I should happen across this post I happen to be reading The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes which is about a group of book women. So far it is excellent
@mostaurelius@bookstodon These women were dedicated and very brave. Appalachia's rough terrain and extremes of weather were a huge challenge, but book women persevered.
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