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Wishing you all a wonderful spring break! Take this time to relax, hang out with friends, spend time with family. You deserve a rest after all the hard work you’ve put into the semester so far.

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March doesn’t just signify the arrival of spring break (and the coming of spring), it also marks the beginning of Women’s History Month, which runs from Mar. 1-Mar. 31. This observance first began in California in 1978 as a week-long celebration. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter made the first Presidential Proclamation declaring a week in March as National Women’s History Week. In 1987, Congress passed legislation that designated March as Women’s History Month. Since then, this month has been a time to remember and celebrate the achievements of women throughout American history.

Whether you’re traveling or chilling at home over break, if you have some free time, check out some of these books to read in celebration of Women’s History Month. For your convenience, all these texts are available online through Falvey:

•  Circe by Madeline Miller
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Vegetarian by Han Kang
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
• Women in Myth by Bettina L. Knapp

Happy reading! Enjoy the rest of the break, and I’ll see you all next week.

Rebecca Amrick is a first-year graduate student in the English Department and a Graduate Assistant at Falvey Library.