Earth Day - The History

April 22 -- each year -- celebrates a movement that began in the 1970's.
(https://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/)

"The idea for a national day to focus on the environment came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California."

See a video with Walter Cronkite about Earth Day.

All Libraries Closed 21 Apr (Sunday)

All libraries will be closed on Sunday
21 April 2019
in observance of a College Holiday.

Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians

From NLM Launches a New Exhibition  03/05/2019 10:23 AM EST

"The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians, a banner exhibition and companion online adaptation. The exhibition opens March 18, 2019 in commemoration of Women’s History Month.

Rise, Serve, Lead! highlights the lives and achievements of over 300 women physicians who have made a difference through their medical practice and research, work as activists, service as administrators, and mentorship to the next generation of physicians. It presents a selection of the physician biographies featured in the 2003 NLM exhibition Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, showcasing the work of these doctors to connect to a contemporary audience.

The online adaptation of Rise, Serve, Lead! includes an education component featuring a new K-12 lesson plan and a digital gallery of works from NLM Digital Collections. These books and journal articles were authored by some of the doctors profiled in the exhibition and give a view into both their scientific research and experiences in a male-dominated field."