Books, Boots & Bridles: The Story of the Horse Back Librarians

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Learn the story of the Pack Horse Library initiative, a little known program of FDR’s Work Progress Administration (WPA). Its mission, carried out almost entirely by women, was to deliver and distribute reading materials to the far off corners of Appalachia during the darkest hours of the Great Depression. 

Led by Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

REGISTER HERE FOR THIS EVENT.

Questions? Contact Kerry: keodonnell@somervillema.gov

This program is part of a series from the Presidential Libraries and is presented in partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library.

Location: 
Zoom
Start Time: 
2:00 PM
End Time: 
3:00 PM

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