Q&A: ideas to turn information into inspiration



	VOLUME 2 ISSUE 14

Women’s History Month in the United States was partly inspired by International Women’s Day, a special day in March recognized by many European countries. When was International Women’s Day first observed?

A. 1891
B. 1911
C. 1951
D. 1981

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9 March 1841 – The United States Supreme Court rules on the Amistad mutiny.

21 March 1965 – Martin Luther King, Jr. leads over 3,000 civil rights demonstrators on a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

31 March 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris, France.

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Short on time? Try one of these quick reads.

Where else but in a short story can you travel through space and time while you expand your horizons – all in just a few minutes? Celebrate Women's History Month with the following short works by women, all in the Questia collection. Journey to the mountains of South America for fiction by women from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in Fire from the Andes. Compare the previously untranslated writings of 19th century Russian writers in Russian Women's Shorter Fiction: An Anthology, 1835-1860 with contemporary pieces in Present Imperfect: Stories by Russian Women.

Such noteworthy writers as Isabel Allende, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien and Alice Walker and others examine the intricacies of relationships between mothers and daughters in Snapshots: 20th Century Mother-Daughter Fiction. Select a short work by Katherine Mansfield from such collections as The Garden Party: and Other Stories and Bliss, and Other Short Stories. Explore the experience of authors “who are part of what is called the African Diaspora” in Ancestral House: The Black Short Story in the Americas and Europe, an anthology which includes many works by women. And find pieces by women writers Nurhayati Srihardini and Asnelly Luthan among stories about people living in the world's largest archipelago in Black Clouds over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories.

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Do it Write

Perplexed by punctuation?

Many competent writers stumble when it comes to the rules of punctuation – especially when it comes to speech and quotation. But readers need punctuation to fully understand who is talking and what they mean. Anyone who can punctuate speech and quotation, says grammar expert Richard Palmer, "is entirely competent not only in all other aspects of punctuation but in all significant matters of grammar as well." Learn how layout and proper punctuation will keep your readers on track. Ask Nancy

Dear Nancy,

The Questia library has many books by famous authors, in addition to books about those people. If I only want to see the books by a particular author, is there a way I can limit my search to just the books by a person? This would be a lot more efficient.

Looking for the Best, Boston

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