Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Great places to honor our foremothers


From USA Today: Heather A. Huyck shares her favorite historic sites in 10 great places to honor our foremothers.

Also, Huyck's Women's History: Sites and Resources features 40 historic sites, 32 travel itineraries, 63 lesson plans, and 10 websites.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Popular Market Bengali Books


The Endangered Archives Blog features janani, a book written in praise of mothers. Written and published by karttikchandra jana in 1942, the book is an excellent example of the material from the project to archive 'popular market' Bengali books.

The mission of the Endangered Archives Programme is "to contribute to the preservation of archival material that is in danger of destruction, neglect or physical deterioration world-wide”.