March 20, 2024

Eleanor Roosevelt After 1945 With Historian Sandra Opdycke - Online Via Zoom (Registration Required)

Category: General Eleanor Roosevelt After 1945 With Historian Sandra Opdycke - Online Via Zoom (Registration Required)


March 20, 2024

Eleanor Roosevelt After 1945
With Historian Sandra Opdycke

Celebrate Women's History Month
When President Roosevelt died in 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt assumed that her own public career was over. But in fact, the years between her leaving the White House and her death in 1962, Eleanor traveled widely overseas, wrote prolifically, became an important influence in Democratic politics, and, most notably, oversaw the production of the United Nations’ historic Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In tribute to what Eleanor accomplished during these years, President Truman described her as the First Lady of the World.

Sandra Opdycke, Ph.D. is an historian. She has written books about the flu epidemic of 1918, the woman suffrage movement, the WPA of the 1930s, and Bellevue Hospital, as well as a biography of Jane Addams, an historical atlas of American women’s history, and several co-authored books and articles on social policy. She worked for a number of years at Hudson River Psychiatric Center, and later taught American History and Urban History at Bard, Vassar, and Marist Colleges. She serves as an occasional lecturer at the Center for Lifetime Studies in Poughkeepsie.

Register Here: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/11493533

Wednesday, March 20
11 AM
Online Via Zoom

Girls Book Club – For Elementary Ages (3rd - 5th Grade)

Category: General Girls Book Club – For Elementary Ages (3rd - 5th Grade)


March 20, 2024

Girls Book Club – For Upper Elementary Ages
(3rd - 5th Grades)

Talk about books, play games, make crafts, have a snack & lots of FUN!
March book(s) will be discussed.
March Book Selections:
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
&
City of Secrets by Victoria Ying

Wednesday, March 20
4:30 PM

Mystery Book Club

Category: General Mystery Book Club


March 20, 2024

Mystery Book Club

Mystery loves company! Join a dynamic group of adult readers that meet monthly for fun and lively discussions about a vast array of mystery books, from contemporary to the classics.
March Book Selection: A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

Call 889-4683 or email staatslibrary@gmail.com to order a copy of the book.

Wednesday, March 20
6:30 PM

We offer story times and other activities for children, teens, and adults, including a book discussion group. Check our program calendar or call the library at 845-889-4683.