Humanities Reading Series Living American: The Women's Movement

Alexander Mitchell Public Library, 519 S Kline St, Aberdeen, SD 57401, 605-626-7097, library@aberdeen.sd.us

The Humanities Reading Series is brought to you by the Alexander Mitchell Public Library and coordinated by the library’s Community Services Department.  This series focuses on learning that enriches the human experience through literature.  Participation is free but registration is required.  Interested readers can register online or at the Public Library. A limited number of books are available for check out at the library or participants may purchase their own copy at the Little Professor Book Center in the Lakewood Mall. Theme: Living American:  The Women’s Movement Date: 3rd Wed of Feb, Mar and April Time: 7pm Books Discussed:  “The Feminine Mystique”  by Betty Friedan & “When Everything Changed”  by Gail Collins Registration:  Required  (online registration available) Discussion Schedule: February 17th  Information session. March 17th    Discussion of “The Feminine Mystique”  by Betty Friedan April 21st  Discussion of  “When Everything Changed”  by Gail Collins

The humanities are academic disciplines concerned with people, their values, and the human experience. The humanities include: Philosophy, Comparative Religion, History, Archaeology, Linguistics, Social Sciences which have humanities content and employ humanities methods, Ethics, Jurisprudence, Literature, Languages, Theory, and Criticism of the Arts.”