Women's History Month Display

A portion of the Women's History Month display arrangement.

March has arrived--literally with marching women! Our third floor alcove display for March features "Women's History Month ~ Women who have made history."


The 116 x 69 inch display area shows women picketing for their rights in the early 1900s. The large photo image was created by printing out and splicing together two 75 x 36 inch large format printouts. The original wording on the largest picket sign was erased and replaced by another printout with the new main theme headline/subhead. 


Additional 8.5x11 inch picket signs were created to show a few specific women who were instrumental in leading movements that promoted women's rights. These were (from left to right): Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Mary Harris "Mother Jones," Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Delores Huerta, and Gloria Steinem. The wooden sticks were also printed out separately and pinned to the large format poster. All the posters were pinned at the top and most left unpinned at the bottom to allow the items to float away from each other a little, adding some dimension to the display.


The large format display poster didn't fill the entire width of the alcove display area, so an additional set of 8.5 x 14 inch pages with a timeline of historical events were printed out and stripped together to create additional picket signs that were placed on both sides of the large poster.

The full alcove display poster is posted above shelving that related books are set on.