The Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County is partnering with several other agencies to honor and recognize one of Hopkinsville’s most celebrated women as part of its Women’s History Month celebration.
A proclamation was signed Tuesday afternoon at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library proclaiming March 1 Gloria Jean Watkins Day.
Watkins, who took on the pen name bell hooks, was born in Hopkinsville in 1952 and expressed her ideas in poetry and dozens of books exploring race, sexuality, class, and gender.
Alissa Keller, the executive director of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville, said hooks also changed the face of feminism and fueled the quest for social justice.
click to download audiohooks died in December at her home in Berea.
Keller said the bell hooks proclamation is just the first of several ways women’s history will be honored in March.
click to download audioOther partners in Women’s History Month in Hopkinsville include the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library, Hopkinsville Community College, the Christian County Literacy Council, the Hopkinsville Human Rights Commission, Visit Hopkinsville, the Pennyroyal Arts Council, Milkweed, and friends and family of Gloria Jean Watkins.
