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Events at the Library of Congress

Tuesday March 9, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Searching for Suffrage with Kimberly Hamlin Tuesday
March 9, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Kimberly A. Hamlin discusses her new book, "Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener." The book details Gardener's life as a "fallen woman," who confronted restrictive social mores at an early age, and tracks her growing activism for women's rights that culminated in the passage of the 19th Amendment.
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Thursday March 11, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Using Civic Media to Build a Better Society Thursday
March 11, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Add to calendar Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to explore the role of information in democratic society, addressing the challenges citizens face in consuming the deluge of materials available in the digital age and in identifying trustworthy sources of information.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Friday March 12, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
2021 Diversity in Children's Literature Symposium Friday
March 12, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Add to calendar 2021 Diversity in Children's Literature Symposium: “Listening, Learning, Creating Communities,” followed by the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature ceremony. This event, co-hosted by We Need Diverse Books, will demonstrate how diversity in children's books helps us better understand each other, resulting in a stronger sense of community.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Thursday March 18, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Rediscovering Eleanor Roosevelt Thursday
March 18, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Author David Michaelis’ “Eleanor” is the first major biography of America’s longest-serving first lady in 60 years. Much of its research was conducted in the Library’s Manuscript Division, including the papers of the NAACP and the National Women’s Trade League, as well as the personal papers of Kermit and Belle Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, second wife of President Wilson.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Friday March 19, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Veteran Grown: Urban Farming Friday
March 19, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The panel will feature military veterans who farm in urban settings, as well as representatives from national organizations that train and provide direct support to farmer veterans. Their specialties include beekeeping, compost management, vegetable crops and more.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Saturday March 20, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Cherry Blossom Viewing Over the Centuries Saturday
March 20, 2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The Library of Congress celebrates the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival by debuting a new video series that highlights both historic and contemporary traditions of springtime flower viewing.
This event will premiere on YouTube .
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Thursday March 25, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
War, Combat and the American Soldier Thursday
March 25, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Two of the most prominent historians of war, Margaret MacMillan (“War: How Conflict Shaped Us”) and Rick Atkinson (“The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777”), will be in conversation with philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Friday March 26, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Veteran Grown: Farming Friday
March 26, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar The panel will feature military veterans who chose to farm in more traditional settings, some of whom benefited from veteran farming training programs, while others received one-on-one mentorship. Their specialties include vegetable crops, beekeeping, pig farming, soap making, entrepreneurship and more.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Thursday April 15, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
How Political Institutions Shape Outcomes and How We Might Reform Them Thursday
April 15, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar In the U.S., political institutions reflect choices and compromises about how we balance between majority and minority interests. Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to look at the way different systems of electoral decision-making in a democracy can, by themselves, lead to very different outcomes.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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Thursday May 13, 2021

Event | lectures and symposia
Finding a Shared Historical Narrative Thursday
May 13, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kluge Prize winner Danielle Allen moderates an expert panel to discuss the changing interpretations of the nation’s founding documents and the principles they were founded upon. They will also explore the tension between celebrating what is good about the U.S. and its history, while addressing the exploitation and inequality that are also part of the American legacy.
This event will premiere on both Facebook and YouTube .
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