The Queen is Coming! The Queen is Coming!
by, Jo Carol Hebert Listen to this post as a podcast. Bar the castle doors! Shut the tapestry drapes! Pull up the drawbridge . . . ! Queen Elizabeth the […]
A Brief History of the Bicycle
By, Jo Carol Hebert Which came first? The bicycle or the wheel? 3500 B.C.E. Those ancient Sumerians of present-day Iraq are credited with devising the first ‘vehicle’ wheel. (This is […]
Do You Know These Famous Librarians?
by, Jo Carol Hebert Classified Ads: Jobs *Needed for immediate employment: A person to be responsible for selecting, organizing, and delivering information materials to people. The person most qualified for this […]
“Here Comes The Bookmobile!”
by, Jo Carol Hebert 1952 – The Good Old Days One hot, summer morning, the children stopped their play. “Is it time?” his sister asked. “Will it come today?” (Her […]
Maria Tallchief – ’Prima Ballerina’
by, Jo Carol Hebert Less than 100 years before ‘Elizabeth Marie ‘Betty’ Tall Chief’ was born, her ancestors were walking the ‘trail of tears’ that forced all Native Americans east […]
Ada Lovelace – Pioneer ‘Computer Scientist’
by, Jo Carol Hebert Who is Ada Lovelace? (December, 1815-November, 1852) “I believe myself to possess a singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of […]
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