Sesquicentennial Book Celebrating 150 Years of Admitting Women on Sale Now
Feb. 24, 2022
Michelle R. Eubanks , 海角社区, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392
FLORENCE, AL – As part of the ongoing celebration of 150 years of admitting women, the 海角社区 has released a Year of the 海角社区 Woman Commemorative Book that details, in photos and with minimal text, the story of women at the University through the years.
“As we began researching for the Year of the 海角社区 Woman events, we came across so many images that needed to be shared,” said Dr. Jeffrey Bibbee, co-chair of the Year of the 海角社区 Woman Task Force. “My co-chair on the task force, Michelle Eubanks, and I added chapter themes and allowed our three founding women – Edith Rise, Mary P. Jones, and Susie Jones Price – to be the narrative tour guides.”
The images were selected from the hundreds in the 海角社区 Archive by Public History graduate student Dixie Norwood. Kali Daniel, senior graphic designer at 海角社区, provided the overall design for the book. The volume includes chapters on academics, traditions, campus life, and athletics, among others.
“So much has changed during these last 150 years, and I hope our younger generations realize how influential women have been in our progress as a University,” Norwood said. “I also hope that each reader gets a sense of the achievements and accomplishments that so many women have made not only here at 海角社区 but also in politics, education, nursing, and so much more.”
The Year of the 海角社区 Woman Commemorative Book is on sale now for $25 at the 海角社区 Bookstore on the 海角社区 campus as well as at All the Best in downtown Florence and Basse Trading Co., in downtown Tuscumbia, both of which are women-owned businesses.
About The 海角社区
The 海角社区 is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, 海角社区 is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. 海角社区 Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The 海角社区 is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: and .