Stop by the library during regular hours to view this important show: Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 10am – 1pm.
The library celebrates March 2022 with pieces created by women of all ages with a connection to the MDI Community inspired by the National Women’s History Alliance 2022 Theme:
Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.
Exhibitors include:
Susan Beallor-Snyder, Cristy Benson, Rebecca Brugman, KC Burton, Maria Charette, Sherri Christianson, Imogen Cornish, Susan Covino Buell, Liz Cutler, Jean E. Forbes, Kate Russell Henry, Holly Hoffmann, Maggie Johnston, Lauren M. Kahofer, Elizabeth Keenan, Pat LaPierre, Margaret Lerner (Daisy), Marsha Lyons, Kathe McDonald, Karen McFarland, Ashley McLean, Brenda L.P. Merritt, Tammy Packie, Kate Pickup McMullin, Kathie Pratt, Leeann Rhoades, Roxanne Scherer, Angela Smith Scoles, Kathleen Slack, Vicky Smith, Roberta Sprague, Judy Taylor and Vicki Twiss.
TO VIEW A VIRTUAL GALLERY OF EXHIBIT PIECES, VISIT: https://swhplibrary.org/womens-history-month/
2022 Women’s History Month Programs
Online Talk, Tuesday, March 8, 5:30 p.m. “The History of Health Care for Women in the U. S.” 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by Southwest Harbor Public Library. Nurse Midwife Linda Robinson. Registration required. 244-7065 or register online.
Join us on Tuesday, March 8 at 5:30p.m. for Linda Robinson’s talk “The History of Health Care for Women in the U.S.”
Women’s health care and those who provide it have changed dramatically over the history of this country. Slavery, formal education for women, world politics, global and domestic economics, and many other factors have influenced the treatment of women in our health care system. Midwives, once the primary providers of women’s health care, were systematically eliminated in this country. This presentation will describe the history of women’s health care, societal changes that shaped its delivery, and how these factors have impacted women’s lives. We will explore how ethnicity, economic status, geographical location, and allocation of resources all influence the culture of care for women.
Linda Robinson is a nurse midwife who was one of the founders of the Women’s Health Center in Bar Harbor. In addition to her twenty-three years there, she worked internationally in Malawi Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer; American Samoa where she started the first midwifery practice; and the Democratic Republic of Congo with Doctors without Borders. She is the author of Sunday Morning Shamwana, A Midwife’s Letters From the Field, and has co-authored two other books, Being Pregnant, A Woman’s Answer Book, and Women’s Sexual Health. She has worked in women’s health care for thirty-six years, caring for women in all walks of life. She most recently worked in Malawi as visiting faculty, teaching midwifery at the Kamuzu College of Nursing.
Image: Linda Robinson with midwifery students in Malawi.
“Encouraging Healthy Relationships” Online Discussion, Tuesday, March 22, 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by Southwest Harbor Public Library. Facilitated by Aroostook Mental Health Center Sexual Assault Services. Registration required. 244-7065 or register online.
On Tuesday, March 22 at 5:30p.m., the Library will host a Encouraging Healthy Relationships discussion facilitated by Aroostook Mental Health Center (AMHC) Sexual Assault Services. In this conversation we’ll examine behaviors in a variety of interpersonal relationships, discuss where our personal definitions of ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ come from, and guide you to consider how to cultivate practices that feel healthy in your own relationships.
The mission of AMHC Sexual Assault Services is to promote healing and justice to all who are affected by sexual violence through advocacy, education, and prevention. Providing services since 1984, currently advocates and educators with AMHC Sexual Assault Services serve communities in Aroostook, Hancock, and Washington Counties.
Taylor Roos is a Community Sexual Violence Prevention Educator and Sexual Assault Advocate serving Washington and Hancock Counties. Taylor grew up on a family farm on the Washington County coast and graduated from the University of Maine with a background in K-12 education.