FDRLibrary | Books, Boots & Bridles: The Story of the Packhorse Librarians - Live with Jeff Urbin @FDRLibrary | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 10 hours ago
YouTube LIVE:
"Books, Boots & Bridles: The Story of the Packhorse Librarians"
Wednesday, May 26, 2PM ET
LINK: youtu.be/lz-KMkD5U-k

FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin tells the story of the Pack Horse Library initiative, a little known program of the Roosevelt Administration's WPA. Its mission, carried out almost entirely by women, was to deliver and distribute reading materials to the far off corners of Appalachia during the darkest hours of the Great Depression. Q&A in the chat to follow.