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Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women’s
History Month is celebrated in March of each year. The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) includes articles and eBooks about women who continue making history. Using
<a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h">
MasterFILE Complete</a>, <a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-hrc">
History Reference Center</a>, and the <a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna">
eBook Public Library Collection</a>, here are some Michigan women who have made their imprint on history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Change Agents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=142079737&site=ehost-live&scope=site">Najah
Bazzy</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, founder of
</span></span><a href="https://www.zamaninternational.org/">Zaman International</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, a Michigan non-profit that seeks to help people out of poverty, was profiled in
<i>People</i>, a part of </span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h">MasterFILE Complete</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, for her work to alleviate
poverty in the Dearborn area. She has spearheaded the creation of workforce development courses in culinary arts and sewing, as well as GED preparation courses.
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2281944&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_48">Betty
Ford</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, wife of President Gerald R. Ford, is included in the eBook
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2281944&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover_1">50
Trailblazers of the 50 States</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> in the
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna">eBook Public Library Collection</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> for her work surrounding addiction
treatment and her outspoken stance on women’s rights.</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Firsts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h">MasterFILE Complete</a> includes publications that share firsts of Michigan women.
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Dr. Merze Tate</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> is noted as a “first” in many capacities—the first African American woman to graduate from Western Michigan Teachers College (now Western Michigan University),
as well as the first African American woman to attend the University of Oxford. Several more of her firsts are included in a
<i>Chicago Citizen</i> profile. The </span></span><a href="https://www.crdl.org/tate-memorial-library">Tate Memorial Library</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> in Blanchard, Michigan is named in her memory. The
first African American president of the American Library Association was </span>
</span>Clara Stanton Jones, a Michigan Librarian. Jones authored an <a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=5956951&site=ehost-live&scope=site">
article</a> in <i>Library Journal</i> which shared information about Detroit and the Detroit Public Library as the ALA Conference was headed there in 1977 after the first part of the Renaissance Center opened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Artists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From singers to authors, Michigan has produced many great artists.
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Diana Ross</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> is among the influential Motown stars featured in
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2095706&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover_1">40
Inspiring Icons: Black Music Greats</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> in the
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna">eBook Public Library Collection</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">.
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-hrc">History Reference Center</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> includes several articles about author
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=edna+ferber&type=0&searchMode=And&site=brc-live">Edna
Ferber</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, who was born in Kalamazoo and wrote many books, short stories, and plays throughout her career.</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Even More Women of Note<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan has been home to more notable women such as pilot
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Harriet Quimby</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">, the first woman to make a solo flight across the English Channel; journalist
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=b6h&AN=2181833&site=brc-live">Helen
Thomas</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> who was in the press corps for eight presidents from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton; and entrepreneur
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=127263096&site=ehost-live&scope=site">Andra
Rush</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> who founded a trucking firm and gives back by helping to pay tuition for her employees.
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