The Westport Library today announced the launch of its annual WestportREADS program for 2019-2020.
The theme of this year’s yearlong program is “Our Vote. Our Future” and will celebrate the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment and the history of women’s suffrage and its future, an announcement said.
Two books — one nonfiction and one fiction — have been chosen as the community reads. The nonfiction choice is “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight for the Vote” by Elaine Weiss, and the fiction choice is “A Short History of Women” by Kate Walbert.
On Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at the library, journalist Elaine Weiss, author of “The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight for the Vote,” will officially open the READS program with a talk on her book and the history and contemporary struggle for women’s rights. The event is free, however registration is strongly suggested, the announcement said.
