Tag: Women’s History Month

Making Jokes During a Presentation Helps Men But Hurts Women

Posted on by Catherine

women’s history month- article from Harvard Business Review

“Making Jokes During a Presentation Helps Men But Hurts Women”

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“…However, our research suggests that the benefits of humor do not extend to everyone — women may actually be harmed by using humor at work. We find that when men add humor to a business presentation, observers view them as having higher levels of status (that is, respect or prestige) within the organization, and give them higher performance ratings and leadership capability assessments compared to when they do not include humor. However, when women add the same humor to the same presentation, people view them as having lower levels of status, rate their performance as lower, and consider them less capable as leaders…”

Research by Jonathan Evans , Jerel Slaughter, Aleksander Ellis and Jessi Rivin 

Women of Essex exhibit at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum opens this weekend

Posted on by Catherine

Slated to run in conjunction with National Women’s History Month, Women of Essex Stories to Share, will be on display most weekends from March 18-April 29. The show is hosted by Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum. Lee adds:

“The motivation for this exhibit was the recognition that, while our emphasis at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum has been on shipbuilding and the men involved with it, there were many significant roles of women in the community. Hence the exhibit Women of Essex – Stories to Share. This exhibit features about a dozen women that we are featuring individually in this first phase of the project. To help scope this effort, we are focusing this phase on women who are no longer with us. These include the women that were instrumental in building the first meeting house, one of the first woman auctioneers in the country, a female professional baseball player, a woman who was a motivator behind several town projects, several individuals active in the arts, and even an enslaved woman. There will be collections of several other groups of women, namely teachers and restaurateurs, an Essex mainstay.”

www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org

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10 Ways To Celebrate Women’s History Month From Beth Pocock

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,  Didn’t know if this would be appropriate for you but thought I’d try.  March is Women’s History Month and I compiled a list of 10 ways to celebrate.  Several different Cape Ann institutions are doing exhibits:  Cape Ann museum is doing exhibit of two of Cape Ann’s best women photographers; Library is doing displays and a panel discussion on local women who have started businesses.  All of these are listed on the 10 ways to celebrate.  I’ve attached 3 things: 1) the list of 10 ways to celebrate 2)a photograph from the Cape Ann Museum exhibit and 3) the national logo for Women’s History Month. 

Hope this is helpful.   Beth

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10 WAYS TO CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

1.    READ A BOOK ABOUT A WOMAN OF NOTE.
Find recommended titles on display at the Sawyer Free Library, online at our website* and on our Pinterest board    https://pinterest.com/sawyerlibrary/notable-massachusetts-women/  

2.    WATCH A MOVIE. 
From politics to suffragettes to the Virgin Queen, here’s a list of 10 movies you should check out. http://www.thegrindstone.com/2012/03/03/mentors/10

3.    INTERVIEW AN INFLUENTIAL WOMAN
Ask your mother, grandmother or great-grandmother what life was like for them in an earlier day.  Influential women don’t have to be famous

4.     VISIT THE SARGENT HOUSE MUSEUM
Judith Sargent Murray was an early  American advocate for women’s rights, an essayist, playwright and poet and grew up in this beautiful home (49 Middle St., Gloucester)  

5.    GIVE A BOOK TO YOUR FAVORITE YOUNG WOMAN
The American Library Association provides an annotated list of the best books to help young girls grow “smart, brave and proud”.  View the list online (http://www.libr.org/ftf/bloomer.html) or check out the display in the Children’s Library

6.    VISIT THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM
In honor or Women’s History Month, an exhibit of two of Cape Ann’s most influential women photographers will be on display throughout the month of March

7.    ENJOY A GREAT FEMALE SINGER
From opera to jazz, the list is unending!  SFL has one of the best CD collections in the area.  Come get some inspiration
 
8.    WALK THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HERITAGE TRAIL 
Everyone knows about Boston’s famous Freedom Trail, but few seem to know about the Women’s Heritage Trail.  Visit http://www.bwht.org for more information
 
9.    GET TO KNOW ONE OF THE 2013 HONOREES
The 18 women chosen are all extraordinary visionaries and role models in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics where women are still noticeably underrepresented. Get to know them at http://www.nwhp.org/whm/honorees2012.php

10.     ATTEND THE WOMEN’S BUSINESS PANEL DISCUSSION
The Library is sponsoring a panel discussion for women in business on Thursday, March 14 at 7 PM in the Friend
Room.  The panel will feature women who have successfully started/run local businesses. 

*ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES:
Women’s History Books:  http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/to-read-womens-history
300 Women Who Changed the World:  http://www.britannica.com/women
National Women’s Hall of Fame:  http://www.greatwomen.org/
Interactive learning site on Women’s History   http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm