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Please join us on October 17, 2011 at 11:30 am  at the monthly meeting of the Golden Agers, in the Kearny County Senior Center.   Diane Eickhoff will present her program on  “Clarina Nichols and the Fight for Women’s Rights.     We will begin with a covered dish lunch  at 11:30am and after a short meeting Diane will do her presentation.

In 1859, Clarina Nichols canvassed the sparsley populated Kansas Territory with a petition supporting equal rights to Kansas Women.  With signatures in hand, she attened the Wyandotte Convention, charged with hammering out a state constitution.  Supporters ultimley introduced her provisions for married women’s property rights, equal custody rights, and educational rights.  This presentation asks and answers “How did she do it?”

Diane Eickhoff has been a writer and an editor of education materials for children and young adults for many years.  Diane has been involved with Kansas Humanities Council since 2003 and joined the KHC Speakers Bureau in 2009.

This program is brought to you by the Kansas Humanities Council and the Kearny County Library.  For more information please call the library  620.355.6674.

The Kearny County Library will be closed on Monday September 5, 2011 for the Labor Day Holiday.   We are sorry for any inconveience this my cause.     We will be reopen at 9:00 am on Tuesday September 6th, 2011. 

The Library will be closed on  August 26th, 2011  for a staff work day.  No business will be conducted  in the library or by phone.  We are sorry for any inconveience this may cause. 

Fall Story Hour will begin on Sept. 19, 2011   This is for children ages 3 to 5.     Sessions will be   Monday and Wednesday  2:00pm to 3:00pm.   Friday morning at 10:00am to 11:00am.   Please choose one session per week.  Please stop by the library to sign your children up or call  620-355-6674.