Books, Boots & Bridles: The Story of the Horse Back Librarians

When:
Tuesday, Jul 12, 2022 2:00p -
3:00p

Where:
Online event
Surrounding areas
Boston, MA 02110

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Admission:
FREE

Hosted by:
joyraft.host58712 Somerville Public Library

Categories:
History, Social Good, Virtual

Event website:
https://somervillepubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/books-boots-bridles-the-story-of-the-horse-back-librarians/

Learn the story of the Pack Horse Library initiative, a little known program of FDR’s Work Progress Administration (WPA). Its mission, carried out almost entirely by women, was to deliver and distribute reading materials to the far off corners of Appalachia during the darkest hours of the Great Depression. 


Led by Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.


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Questions? Contact Kerry: [email protected]


This program is part of a series from the Presidential Libraries and is presented in partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library.

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