Gal’s Guide Library is looking for seasonal “travel Agents” to represent our passport program. Do you love our Passport Program? Want to help people get the most fun out of their Gal’s Guide Passport? Apply to be one of our seasonal Travel Agents. We are looking for people who can be in-person on First Fridays […]
Now you can earn free stuff for learning about women of history from Gal’s Guide Library. get your passport Purchase online or at the Gal’s Guide Library. Passports are ON SALE for $2 each and include free passport sticker codes for all of 2024. Special Passport Nights Every First Friday of the month6pm-9pm@Gal’s Guide Library […]
To wrap up Photographer Gal month, the Gal Pals talk about the favorite photos that they have taken, we learn that no one likes a reverse centaur and that Gerda Taro is amazing. Gerda was the first woman photographer to die on the front lines. Papa Hemingway was a fan of her work. Learn all […]
We’ve covered outer space explorers, Rocky Mountain explorers, and deep ocean explorers; now it’s time for an inner-space explorer. Leah is still obsessed with Tibet and talks about the First Buddhist in France, who was also the first Western woman to reach Lhasa. Learn about the wild explorer whose books and travels inspired the Beat […]
Climb the mountain! Pet the peacock! This is the advice from the drunk gal-pals, which might not be the best to follow. However, Katie tells about an English explorer who traveled all around the world. In one adventure, the locals trapped her in a house and set it on fire! Learn about the lady who […]
Every month we have a research theme. We gather the books we have in the collection and the Gal’s Pals research for the Gal’s Guide Podcast. Sometimes we have holes in the collection where we could use more materials have better diversity in the theme. This is where YOU come in! We’ll post a short […]
The gal-pals plan a “what if” trip before Klaire shares her very cool thing about the dedication of the Statue of Liberty where the only gal who could come was apparently 305 feet tall, French, and a personification of a woman. So Matilda Joslyn Gage and her friends stage a protest on a boat! Learn […]
This week we are bringing out the maps and pins to learning about the Indiana Women’s History Trail thanks to Katie’s 1 cool women’s history thing. Gal pals, Leah, Bonnie, Josh, and Katie also talk about radium, and other things we took a while to learn were toxic, while we sip Diet Coke – it […]
Books, exhibits, and movies, Bonnie Fillenwarth has gathered together a painting gals goodies list for you to check out for Painting Month. Victoria Finlay’s Color: A Natural History of the Palette A wonderful book that goes through where all those colors come from. Finlay was often the first woman to enter spaces where these materials […]
Even though we were rained out for our travel trip, our meeting director, Kim Thatcher, has jumped into high gear and found a special speaker to come present tips and tricks for world traveling. We’re so happy to be joined by Lori Altherr to help you with plan and brainstorm for any travel adventure. Thursday, […]
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