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National Poetry Month: Poet Laureates

Posted on April 5, 2021 by jpelger

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month through the work of current poet laureates! U.S. Poet Laureate: Joy Harjo  Appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the U.S. Poet Laureate serves as the nation’s official poet. Joy Harjo is currently … Continue reading →

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Poetic Women

Posted on March 29, 2021 by jpelger

As Women’s History Month comes to a close and we transition to National Poetry Month in April, your reading list might benefit from a combination of the two! This post features recent poetry collections by women authors available at Collins … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward: The Feminist Utopia Project

Posted on March 25, 2021 by jpelger

Women’s History Month encourages reflection and engagement with women’s historical and contemporary contributions to American society, but what of the future? In The Feminist Utopia Project: fifty-seven visions of a wildly better future, editors Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff … Continue reading →

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Women’s Rights in Primary Sources

Posted on March 23, 2021 by jpelger

Continuing our celebration of Women’s History Month and last year’s 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, we recommend these digital collections featuring a wide variety of primary sources related to women’s suffrage and women’s political organizing in … Continue reading →

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Women’s Studies On Campus

Posted on March 19, 2021 by jpelger

In Fall 2020, students, faculty, and staff celebrated the arrival of Puget Sound’s new academic major in Gender & Queer Studies, but did you know that the university has offered courses in Women’s Studies since 1972?  As reported in the … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 20, 2020 by jpelger

  As many businesses and organizations begin the process of re-opening after shutdown and members of the community begin to increase their interactions with others,  it is important to remember that the pandemic is not completely over and that safety needs to be … Continue reading →

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Classes S(no)w more!

Posted on December 10, 2019 by jpelger

It’s almost finals week and yes, I do know that it is not snowing yet! A girl can hope, can’t she? As I look back on my final fall semester at Puget Sound and forward to the spring, I realize … Continue reading →

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Women’s History Month

Posted on March 7, 2019 by jpelger

March is Women’s History Month and the Archives & Special Collections staff has put together a display of contemporary materials by and about women. On display in our Reading Room are approximately 20 zines from the Collins Library Zine Collection … Continue reading →

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From the Archives & Special Collections: The Past and Present of Greek Life on Campus

Posted on February 27, 2019 by jpelger

This semester I have been invited by multiple Greek houses to discuss the importance of revisiting our history and preserving the documents we create. These two acts are central to the work we do in the archives and I’m happy … Continue reading →

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Happy Last Day of Classes!

Posted on December 5, 2018 by jpelger

Happy last day of classes, Loggers! It’s been a long semester but you made it. Here in the Archives & Special Collections, we’ve had a very busy (and exciting!) fall. We started the semester strong by welcoming two new student … Continue reading →

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