BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180615T000000Z DTEND:20180615T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:Book Discussion at Beatrice Public Library "How Shall We Make Beatrice Grow" Clara Bewick Colby and the Beatrice Public Library Association in the 1870s Laureen Riedesel\, Beatrice Public Library Director For a young frontier town like Beatrice in the 1870s\, a library wasn't just about books. It was also a means for cultivating social values\, and it created pathways for women to exercise leadership in the community. The town's first privately funded library faced challenges from the start. This article was written by Kristin Mapel Bloomberg\, a Hamline University (Minnesota) professor and former resident of Beatrice. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Book Discussion at Beatrice Public Library "\;How Shall We Make Beatrice Grow"\; Clara Bewick Colby and the Beatrice Public Library Association in the 1870s Laureen Riedesel\, Beatrice Public Library Director For a young frontier town like Beatrice in the 1870s\, a library wasn'\;t just about books. It was also a means for cultivating social values\, and it created pathways for women to exercise leadership in the community. The town'\;s first privately funded library faced challenges from the start. This article was written by Kristin Mapel Bloomberg\, a Hamline University (Minnesota) professor and former resident of Beatrice. LOCATION:Beatrice Public Library 100 N 16th Street Beatrice\, NE 68310 UID:e.41.18008 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T030104Z URL:https://nebraska.beatricechamber.com/events/details/book-discussion-18008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR