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Shreve Memorial Library leaps into science this month

3 books tell tales of women not conforming to society

By Mary Ann Grossmann, Pioneer Press May 22, 2021 2 hrs ago These authors touched on the same theme: the price women pay for not conforming to society norms, whether it’s medieval days, the 1920s, 50s or ’60s. Mary Sharratt’s masterful new historical fiction is set in the 15th century, a time when there was a papal schism, lessening of the Black Plague and the beginnings of the Hundred Years War — a time when the majority of people could not read and women certainly did not write books. Margery Kempe had visions after her first child was born, seeing demons all around her. Seeking spiritual help, Margery turned to Julian of Norwich, a walled-in anchoress, mystic and teacher who had a series of 16 visions in 1373. She wrote about those visions in “Revelations of Divine Love,” thought to be the earliest surviving book written in English by a woman. Julian stretched out her arms through the small window of her cell and welcome

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