Cambridge Celebrates Women's History Month

Women's History Month: Left on Pearl Screening and Talkback (Main)
Thursday, March 7, 6-7:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway

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Join us for a screening of the film Left on Pearl followed by a moderated discussion with the filmmaker and past and current members of the Cambridge Women's Center, including Maya Volaitis, Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild, and Susan Jacoby. The panel will be moderated by Erin Trahan.

Left on Pearl chronicles a highly significant but little-known event in the history of the women's liberation movement, the 1971 takeover and occupation of a Harvard University building by hundreds of Boston women.

The ten-day occupation of 888 Memorial Drive by women demanding a Women’s Center and low-income housing for the community in which the building stood embodied many of the hopes, triumphs, conflicts, and tensions of Second Wave feminism. One of the few such takeovers by women for women, this action was transformative for the participants and led directly to the establishment of the longest continuously operating Women's Center in the U.S.

This program is co-sponsored by Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women, and Friends of Cambridge Public Library. Learn more.

Women’s History Month: Saturday Screening of Women Talking
Saturday, March 9, 1-3 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway

In this film, women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Through the back story, we see a community of women come together to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. Starring Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Claire Foy, and featuring Frances McDormand. Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 44 minutes. Learn more.

Women’s History Month: Saturday Screening of The Queen of Katwe
Saturday, March 30, 1-3 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall, 449 Broadway

This biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi traces her journey from the slums of Katwe, where she is forced to abandon her schooling at the age of nine, to the upper echelons of the chess world after she develops an interest in the game at a youth-outreach program. Learn more.