LUNCH WITH BOOKS: Trailblazing West Virginia Women

March 07, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm

This land at the heart of Appalachia has a rich history of women who’ve been just fine being inconvenient, when it served their purpose. They’re women who’ve shown up in places they were expected to stay away from and spoken up when they were expected to be still. Women who’ve made people uncomfortable in defense of family, community, public health, equity, and common sense. Thanks to them, women today have their say in more dialogs than ever before. This Women’s History Month presentation honors some of the muckrakers, trailblazers, and glass ceiling–breakers whose mettle has amplified all of our voices.

West Virginia native Nikki Bowman Mills founded New South Media in 2008 and serves as president of the company, publisher, and editor-in-chief. Her mission was to create high-caliber publications that changed the perceptions of West Virginia by championing the state with positive stories. What started as a regional publishing company has exponentially grown into a national multimedia company. A consummate entrepreneur and founder of Turn This Town Around, Nikki champions small business development and entrepreneurship and has been honored with many tourism, small business, and media industry awards. She graduated from West Virginia University and received her master’s degree in writing from DePaul University in Chicago.

In addition to being in-person in the Library auditorium, this program will be available to watch live on Facebook Live, on YouTube, and on the OCPL website's LWB Livestream page.  Log into your Facebook or YouTube account during the program to leave questions for our presenters in the comments box. They will answer them during the live broadcast. 

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Lunch With Books Livestream starts at noon on Facebook and YouTube.

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"Lunch With Books" is the library’s flagship program for adult patrons. These lunchtime programs feature authors, poets, musicians, historians, and more every Tuesday at noon. Bring lunch (to the Library Auditorium or your computer), feed your brain!