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SUMMARY:May Book Group - Friday: Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 15th\, at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nGive Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women’s Bank That Empowered a Generation \nAuthor: Grace L. Williams \nGoodReads Description: \nAn ambitious and passionate exploration of what’s gone wrong with pregnancy in America\,\nthrough the lens of history\, politics\, and the searing experiences of five women. Unbearable\nintroduces us to five women navigating pregnancy care—from that first positive pregnancy test\nthrough joy\, loss\, and the unforeseen—in a country that is at best indifferent and at worst\nwillfully cruel\, and to brave\, outnumbered people fighting to make it better.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/may-book-group-friday-unbearable-five-women-and-the-perils-of-pregnancy-in-america/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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SUMMARY:May Book Group - Tuesday: Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 19th\, at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nGive Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women’s Bank That Empowered a Generation \nAuthor: Grace L. Williams \nGoodReads Description: \nAn ambitious and passionate exploration of what’s gone wrong with pregnancy in America\,\nthrough the lens of history\, politics\, and the searing experiences of five women. Unbearable\nintroduces us to five women navigating pregnancy care—from that first positive pregnancy test\nthrough joy\, loss\, and the unforeseen—in a country that is at best indifferent and at worst\nwillfully cruel\, and to brave\, outnumbered people fighting to make it better.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/may-book-group-tuesday-unbearable-five-women-and-the-perils-of-pregnancy-in-america/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T202500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T202500Z
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SUMMARY:June Book Group - Friday: Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, June 19th\, at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nAll Boys Aren’t Blue \nAuthor: George M. Johnson \nGoodReads Description: \nIn a series of personal essays\, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson\nexplores his childhood\, adolescence\, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the\nmemories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five\, to flea marketing with his loving\ngrandmother\, to his first sexual relationships\, this young-adult memoir weaves together the\ntrials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/june-book-group-friday-unbearable-five-women-and-the-perils-of-pregnancy-in-america/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260623T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260623T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T202654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T202654Z
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SUMMARY:June Book Group - Tuesday: Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, June 23rd\, at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nAll Boys Aren’t Blue \nAuthor: George M. Johnson \nGoodReads Description: \nIn a series of personal essays\, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson\nexplores his childhood\, adolescence\, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the\nmemories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five\, to flea marketing with his loving\ngrandmother\, to his first sexual relationships\, this young-adult memoir weaves together the\ntrials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/june-book-group-tuesday-unbearable-five-women-and-the-perils-of-pregnancy-in-america/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/06Jun_All-Boys-Arent-Blue.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260717T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260717T133000
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CREATED:20260212T203338Z
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SUMMARY:July Book Group - Friday: We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, July 17th\, at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nWe the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution \nAuthor: Jill Lepore \nGoodReads Description: \nIn this landmark\, lavishly illustrated book\, Harvard professor of history and law Jill Lepore\nargues that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutionalism.\nLepore offers a sweeping\, lyrical\, and democratic constitutional history\, telling the stories of\ngenerations of Americans who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College\nto guaranteeing environmental rights\, hoping to mend America by amending its constitution.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/july-book-group-friday-we-the-people-a-history-of-the-u-s-constitution/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260721T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T203523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T203523Z
UID:47743-1784660400-1784664000@lwvnaperville.org
SUMMARY:July Book Group - Tuesday: We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, July 21st\, at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nWe the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution \nAuthor: Jill Lepore \nGoodReads Description: \nIn this landmark\, lavishly illustrated book\, Harvard professor of history and law Jill Lepore\nargues that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutionalism.\nLepore offers a sweeping\, lyrical\, and democratic constitutional history\, telling the stories of\ngenerations of Americans who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College\nto guaranteeing environmental rights\, hoping to mend America by amending its constitution.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/july-book-group-tuesday-we-the-people-a-history-of-the-u-s-constitution/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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SUMMARY:August Book Group - Friday: Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, August 21st at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nArticulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice \nAuthor: Rachel Kolb \nGoodReads Description: \nRachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act\n(ADA) was passed\, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf people with legal\nrights to accessibility services. Part memoir\, part cultural exploration\, Kolb details a life lived\namong words in varied sensory forms and considers why and how those words matter. Told\nthrough rich storytelling\, analysis\, and humor\, Articulate is a linguistic coming-of-age in both\ndeaf and hearing worlds\, challenging us to consider how language expresses our\nhumanity—and offering more ways we might exist together.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/august-book-group-friday-articulate-a-deaf-memoir-of-voice/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260825T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
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SUMMARY:August Book Group - Tuesday: Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, August 25th at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nArticulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice \nAuthor: Rachel Kolb \nGoodReads Description: \nRachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act\n(ADA) was passed\, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf people with legal\nrights to accessibility services. Part memoir\, part cultural exploration\, Kolb details a life lived\namong words in varied sensory forms and considers why and how those words matter. Told\nthrough rich storytelling\, analysis\, and humor\, Articulate is a linguistic coming-of-age in both\ndeaf and hearing worlds\, challenging us to consider how language expresses our\nhumanity—and offering more ways we might exist together.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/august-book-group-tuesday-articulate-a-deaf-memoir-of-voice/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/08Aug_Articulate.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260918T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T204832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T204903Z
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SUMMARY:September Book Group - Friday: Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, September 18th at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nLatinoland: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority \nAuthor: Marie Arana \nGoodReads Description: \nA sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America\, drawn from hundreds of\ninterviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our\nlargest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional\, all-encompassing overview\nof Hispanic America based on personal interviews\, deep research\, and Marie Arana’s life\nexperience as a Latina.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/september-book-group-friday-latinoland-a-portrait-of-americas-largest-and-least-understood-minority/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/09Sep_Latinoland.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260922T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T205035Z
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UID:47756-1790103600-1790107200@lwvnaperville.org
SUMMARY:September Book Group - Tuesday: Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, September 22nd at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nLatinoland: A Portrait of America’s Largest and Least Understood Minority \nAuthor: Marie Arana \nGoodReads Description: \nA sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America\, drawn from hundreds of\ninterviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our\nlargest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional\, all-encompassing overview\nof Hispanic America based on personal interviews\, deep research\, and Marie Arana’s life\nexperience as a Latina.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/september-book-group-tuesday-latinoland-a-portrait-of-americas-largest-and-least-understood-minority/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/09Sep_Latinoland.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T205321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T205321Z
UID:47759-1792153800-1792157400@lwvnaperville.org
SUMMARY:October Book Group - Friday: Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 16th at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nLife on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett \nAuthor: Jennifer Gonnerman \nGoodReads Description: \nLife on the Outside tells the story of Elaine Bartlett\, who spent sixteen years in Bedford Hills\nprison for selling cocaine–a first offense–under New York's Rockefeller drug laws. The book\nopens on the morning of January 26\, 2000\, when Bartlett is set free and returns to New York\nCity. Over the next months\, she clashes with her daughters\, hunts for a job\, visits her son and\nhusband in prison\, negotiates the rules of parole\, and campaigns for the repeal of the laws that\nled to her long prison term.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/october-book-group-friday-life-on-the-outside-the-prison-odyssey-of-elaine-bartlett/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/10Oct_Life-on-the-Outside.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261020T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T205504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T205504Z
UID:47761-1792522800-1792526400@lwvnaperville.org
SUMMARY:October Book Group - Tuesday: Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, October 20th at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nLife on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett \nAuthor: Jennifer Gonnerman \nGoodReads Description: \nLife on the Outside tells the story of Elaine Bartlett\, who spent sixteen years in Bedford Hills\nprison for selling cocaine–a first offense–under New York's Rockefeller drug laws. The book\nopens on the morning of January 26\, 2000\, when Bartlett is set free and returns to New York\nCity. Over the next months\, she clashes with her daughters\, hunts for a job\, visits her son and\nhusband in prison\, negotiates the rules of parole\, and campaigns for the repeal of the laws that\nled to her long prison term.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/october-book-group-tuesday-life-on-the-outside-the-prison-odyssey-of-elaine-bartlett/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/10Oct_Life-on-the-Outside.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T133000
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CREATED:20260212T205844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T205844Z
UID:47763-1795177800-1795181400@lwvnaperville.org
SUMMARY:November Book Group - Friday: Three Girls from Bronzeville
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, November 20th at 12:30 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nThree Girls from Bronzeville \nAuthor: Dawn Turner \nGoodReads Description: \nThey were three Black girls. Dawn\, tall and studious; her sister\, Kim\, younger by three years and\nheadstrong; and her best friend\, Debra\, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They\nbonded as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville\, a historic neighborhood on\nChicago’s South Side. A celebration of sisterhood\, a testimony to the unique struggles of Black\nwomen\, and a tour-de-force about the complex interplay of race\, class\, and opportunity\, and\nhow those forces shape our lives and our capacity for resilience and redemption.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/november-book-group-friday-three-girls-from-bronzeville/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171641
CREATED:20260212T210024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T165155Z
UID:47765-1795546800-1795550400@lwvnaperville.org
SUMMARY:November Book Group - Tuesday: Three Girls from Bronzeville
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, November 24th at 7 pm for our Book Group Event. Please register!\nThree Girls from Bronzeville \nAuthor: Dawn Turner \nGoodReads Description: \nThey were three Black girls. Dawn\, tall and studious; her sister\, Kim\, younger by three years and\nheadstrong; and her best friend\, Debra\, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They\nbonded as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville\, a historic neighborhood on\nChicago’s South Side. A celebration of sisterhood\, a testimony to the unique struggles of Black\nwomen\, and a tour-de-force about the complex interplay of race\, class\, and opportunity\, and\nhow those forces shape our lives and our capacity for resilience and redemption.
URL:https://lwvnaperville.org/event/november-book-group-tuesday-three-girls-from-bronzeville/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lwvnaperville.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/11Nov_Three-Girls-from-Bronzeville.jpg
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