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2026 Women’s History Month

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Starting in 1981, Congress passed a public law that authorized and formally requested for the President to proclaim one specific week in March as “Women’s History Week.” Over the next five years, Congress continued to work towards what would eventually become Women’s History Month, a monthlong celebration and recognition of women’s achievements and contributions in history. At San Diego Public Library we celebrate and honor this month with programs, resources and booklists.

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Upcoming Events

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Off-Beat Book Club: Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Tuesday, March 3 | 6:30 p.m. | Ocean Beach Library

Picture This! Book to Film Edition: A League of Their Own (1992)
Friday, March 6 | 3:30 p.m. | La Jolla/Riford Library

Book Group: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Thursday, March 12 | 4 p.m. | Pacific Beach/Taylor Library

Adult & Teen Crafts: Women’s History
Saturday, March 14 | 4 p.m. | Carmel Mountain Ranch Library

Cinema Club: On the Basis of Sex (2018)
Tuesday, March 24 | 5:30 p.m. | La Jolla/Riford Library

Cinema + Sound Series: The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 6:00 pm | Neil Morgan Auditorium

Women Artists with San Diego Oasis
Tuesday, March 24 | 6 p.m. | Tierrasanta Library

 

On View: M(other) Tongue

On View: Judith Harris Art Gallery 
San Diego Central Library 
Feb.2 - April 18

M(other) Tongue brings together artists who use textiles to examine the interconnected experiences of migration, displacement and cultural inheritance. Drawing on traditions rooted in women’s domestic and communal practices. Works in this show approach stitching, weaving and dyeing as forms of mark making and methods of carrying ancestral stories across borders and generations. 

Each piece invites viewers to reflect on how identity is continually woven from personal narratives, shared histories and the ongoing work of becoming. 

Artists featured: Leila Khalizadeh Aghdami, Chitra Gopalakrishnan, Kirstyn Hom, Yasmine Kasem and Shirin Towfiq. 
 

  • Closeup artworks in the Mother Tongue exhibition. The word “flowering” is seen embroidered across multiple draped panels. In the background is a large-scale painting by Leila Khalizadeh Aghdami of a nude woman wearing a white crocheted veil and clutching it with her hands.
  • Closeup of an embroidered tunic constructed with multiple pockets by Kirstyn Hom. In the background is a long thin object titled “Amulet for Returning Home” by Shirin Towfiq.
  • Closeup of an embroidered tunic constructed with multiple pockets by Kirstyn Hom. In the background is a long thin object titled “Amulet for Returning Home” by Shirin Towfiq.

Resources

 

Read for Women's History Month

Readers of all ages are invited to participate in an online reading challenge. During the month of March, celebrate Women's History Month by reading 5 themed books or logging 5 hours of reading.

Register for the Challenge