Books and Bridles: The Story of the Horse Back Librarians (Zoom Virtual Event)

Books and Bridles: The Story of the Horse Back Librarians (Zoom Virtual Event)

With Jeffery Urbin on Tuesday, April 15 at 2:00 PM

The Roosevelt era’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) is known for its many huge infrastructure projects and improvements. But it also consisted of a little-known program called the Packhorse Librarians. This presentation tells the story of the Packhorse Librarians, a relatively small group of women, whose mission was to deliver and distribute reading materials to the far-off corners of Appalachia during the darkest hours of the Great Depression.

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