Women’s History Month is over, but learning about historic women does not have to end in March. There are countless on and off campus resources for further research into the women that built the world we know today, including some former Tar Heels.
“I think it's important to keep in mind how women have contributed to our society overall because women are part of an underrepresented and historically excluded group,” Brittany Hutchinson, a PhD student studying Black Feminist Theory, said.
Hutchinson is also a graduate research assistant at the Stone Center Library and she pointed to the wealth of knowledge held not only within the books in the on-campus libraries, but also in the people that work in them.
“I can't talk enough about librarians and how great they are,” she said.
She said that there is a designated staff member within each library to aid research or any literary-related questions. All one has to do is go inside and ask for help, she said.
Off-campus options for Women’s History reading include local bookstores like Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews. Catherine Pabalate, a bookseller at Epilogue, said that the coffee shop and bookstore has a lot of books that highlight the intersection between women’s history and other identities, including women of color, disabled women and women in science.
“I think just having books about women with various identities for women to read and sort of connect with,” Pabalate said.
The following is a list of a few historic UNC women who have made local and global impacts.
