Found while shifting: "Canal fever : the Ohio & Erie Canal, From Waterway to Canalway," edited by Lynn Metzger and Peg Bobel, with illustrations by Chuck Ayers. For more information click below bit.ly/2ORdbDe To place a hold click below bit.ly/2WPOT0U

Dr. Shirla R. McClain spent her entire life in education at all levels, from elementary school through college. She is most known for her doctoral thesis entitled “The Contributions of Blacks in Akron, 1825-1975.” Read by clicking the following link bit.ly/3ej7I3e

Sr. Ignatia : Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous. As a hospital admissions officer in the 1930s in Akron, Ohio, Sr. Ignatia befriended Dr. Bob Smith, co-founder of AA, and courageously arranged for the hospitalization of alcoholics. bit.ly/2W4kMmN #akron #WomensHistoryMonth

Sr. Ignatia : Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous. As a hospital admissions officer in the 1930s in Akron, Ohio, Sr. Ignatia befriended Dr. Bob Smith, co-founder of AA, and courageously arranged for the hospitalization of alcoholics. bit.ly/2W4kMmN #akron #WomensHistoryMonth

Rosie the Rubber Worker by Kathleen L Endres. In this richly illustrated book Kathleen L. Endres examines the lives of women working in the rubber industry in World War II. Click on the following link to place a hold bit.ly/3aMFUCm #Akron #WomensHistoryMonth

Rosie the Rubber Worker by Kathleen L Endres. In this richly illustrated book Kathleen L. Endres examines the lives of women working in the rubber industry in World War II. Click on the following link to place a hold bit.ly/3aMFUCm #Akron #WomensHistoryMonth

"A debut memoir of grit and tenacity, as one young woman returns to the conservative hometown she always longed to escape to earn a living in the steel mill that casts a shadow over Cleveland "-Provided by Publisher Click on link to place a hold bit.ly/2Q2eksK

In honor of #ElectionDay day, here is an image of Mrs. Bernice McCullough, of Allyn Street, getting the Akron Ward 2, Precinct AA election booth warmed up with an old pot-bellied stove on Election Day morning. taken Nov 6 1962. @beaconjournal summitmemory.org

In honor of #ElectionDay day, here is an image of Mrs. Bernice McCullough, of Allyn Street, getting the Akron Ward 2, Precinct AA election booth warmed up with an old pot-bellied stove on Election Day morning. taken Nov 6 1962. @beaconjournal summitmemory.org

"A debut memoir of grit and tenacity, as one young woman returns to the conservative hometown she always longed to escape to earn a living in the steel mill that casts a shadow over Cleveland "-Provided by Publisher Click on link to place a hold bit.ly/2Q2eksK