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Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
FB: www.facebook.com/GlendalePL
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On The Trail of Armenian Women’s History
By Sona Zeitlian
GLENDALE, CA On Friday, June 13, 2014, at 7pm, Sona Zeitlian will
present her newly published book On the Trail of Armenian Women’s
History at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard
Street in Glendale. The presentation is in Armenian. Admission is
free. Library visitors receive 3 hours FREE parking across the street
at The Market Place parking structure with validation at the Loan
Desk.
On the Trail of Armenian Women’s History is a comprehensive study of
Armenian women from goddesses to modern times, reflecting national
values and the prominence of women. It examines the role of women in
the cultural renaissance of Constantinople and Tbilisi, focusing on
the writings of prominent female authors, and discusses the
organization and impact of the first women’s movement. The book also
examines the effects of the Armenian Genocide and the mass
deportations of women and children. The resilience of survivors and
women’s organizations’ sustained relief efforts to meet the multiple
challenges draw from unpublished witness accounts and extensive
research. Finally, the challenges of diasporan Armenian women in
modern times is examined. The study has also compiled maps and
photographs, some of which belong to personal collections and appear
in print for the first time. The book was granted the Kevork
Melidinetsi 2013 Award.
Sona Zeitlian was born in Cairo, Egypt. She is an award winning
educator and author with a long career of community activism and
leadership in Cairo, Beirut, and Los Angeles. Her writings have
focused on Armenian mythology and legends, folk tales based on the
Armenian oral tradition, Armenian women's intellectual history, the
rights movement and current issues of Armenian women in the homeland
and diaspora. In 1995 she was nominated to the Advisory Board of
Gustav E. Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA. She
has been active in educational work and community service and is
highly acclaimed for her lectures, panel discussions and seminars. Her
publications are The Role of Armenian Women During the War of
Liberation, The Folktales of Musa Dagh, Legendary Armenian Braves
(Four volumes), The One and Only (Armenian/English folktale),
Armenians in Egypt: Contribution of Armenians to Medieval and Modern
Egypt, and the newly published On the Trail of Armenian Women’s H
istory.
This program is sponsored by Hamazkayin Glendale Hovhannes Toumanian
Chapter.
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CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian, Armenian Outreach Coordinator, Glendale
Library, Arts & Culture Department [email protected] or
(818) 548-3288.
Elizabeth Grigorian ● Armenian Outreach Coordinator ● City of
Glendale ● Library, Arts & Culture ● 222 East Harvard Street ●
Glendale, CA 91205 ● (818) 548- 3288 ● [email protected]
From: Baghdasarian
Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
FB: www.facebook.com/GlendalePL
Please Join Us!
On The Trail of Armenian Women’s History
By Sona Zeitlian
GLENDALE, CA On Friday, June 13, 2014, at 7pm, Sona Zeitlian will
present her newly published book On the Trail of Armenian Women’s
History at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard
Street in Glendale. The presentation is in Armenian. Admission is
free. Library visitors receive 3 hours FREE parking across the street
at The Market Place parking structure with validation at the Loan
Desk.
On the Trail of Armenian Women’s History is a comprehensive study of
Armenian women from goddesses to modern times, reflecting national
values and the prominence of women. It examines the role of women in
the cultural renaissance of Constantinople and Tbilisi, focusing on
the writings of prominent female authors, and discusses the
organization and impact of the first women’s movement. The book also
examines the effects of the Armenian Genocide and the mass
deportations of women and children. The resilience of survivors and
women’s organizations’ sustained relief efforts to meet the multiple
challenges draw from unpublished witness accounts and extensive
research. Finally, the challenges of diasporan Armenian women in
modern times is examined. The study has also compiled maps and
photographs, some of which belong to personal collections and appear
in print for the first time. The book was granted the Kevork
Melidinetsi 2013 Award.
Sona Zeitlian was born in Cairo, Egypt. She is an award winning
educator and author with a long career of community activism and
leadership in Cairo, Beirut, and Los Angeles. Her writings have
focused on Armenian mythology and legends, folk tales based on the
Armenian oral tradition, Armenian women's intellectual history, the
rights movement and current issues of Armenian women in the homeland
and diaspora. In 1995 she was nominated to the Advisory Board of
Gustav E. Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA. She
has been active in educational work and community service and is
highly acclaimed for her lectures, panel discussions and seminars. Her
publications are The Role of Armenian Women During the War of
Liberation, The Folktales of Musa Dagh, Legendary Armenian Braves
(Four volumes), The One and Only (Armenian/English folktale),
Armenians in Egypt: Contribution of Armenians to Medieval and Modern
Egypt, and the newly published On the Trail of Armenian Women’s H
istory.
This program is sponsored by Hamazkayin Glendale Hovhannes Toumanian
Chapter.
###
CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian, Armenian Outreach Coordinator, Glendale
Library, Arts & Culture Department [email protected] or
(818) 548-3288.
Elizabeth Grigorian ● Armenian Outreach Coordinator ● City of
Glendale ● Library, Arts & Culture ● 222 East Harvard Street ●
Glendale, CA 91205 ● (818) 548- 3288 ● [email protected]
From: Baghdasarian