<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Library Colleague:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please excuse this email, if you've received it directly.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">PBS Books is pleased to announce its next few programs related to its <b>Trailblazing Women Series (including Suffrage Events)</b>, and please complete this form to participate: <a href="https://forms.gle/bzcvqAY9aCi5n4MKA" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/bzcvqAY9aCi5n4MKA</a></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><u><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">As a reminder:</font></span></u></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">To mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment, PBS will launch multiplatform programming focused on “Trailblazers” in order to commemorate the fight for women’s suffrage in the US and the stories of modern women, who continue to shatter the glass ceiling and transform modern history. The Trailblazers PBS theme will be anchored by a documentary entitled “The Vote,“ discussed below.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">To complement this project, PBS Books has developed and launched their <b>Trailblazing Women Virtual Series</b>, which will highlight amazing stories of American women through summer-long programming.  In June, July, and August, PBS Books will offer programming on Facebook Live in collaboration with libraries across American and local PBS stations.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">1)<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">    </span></span><font color="#0000ff">Interview Elaine Weiss about <b><i>The Woman’s Hour</i></b> book & Panel Discussion on Suffrage Movement </font><span style="color:black"> on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT on PBS Books Facebook Live</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><u><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Panelists include: </font></span></u><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Jen Miller, League of Women’s Voters; </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Treva Lindsey, Ph.D., The Ohio State University; a</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">nd more including the merge of performing arts and the suffrage movement.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></i></p><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The w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