Celebrating Women’s History Month with release of ‘The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women’

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire, is excited to hold a book launch event for the book she wrote and edited titled “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.” Crowds of people attended the event held at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Claudia Dodgins (right) has her Foxfire book signed by some of the women featured within the pages. Signing books at the tables are Kaye Carver Collins (left) and Sharon Stiles, both featured; and Kami Ahrens, who wrote and edited the book and is curator and director of Education for Foxfire.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Sandra Macias Glichowski, one of the women featured in the book signs the publication at the launch on March 11.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Crowds attend a book launch for the newly released “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South.”

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire, signs a book she wrote and edited titled “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South” during a book launch event held at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner Saturday, March 11.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Amberlee Sanders, age 1 and Scarlett Sanders, age 2, show their support and attend the Foxfire March 11 book launch event for the book “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South,” which was written and edited by Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire.

Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center workers Barry Stiles, Foxfire museum director; Cathy Stiles, fiscal operations manager; Christal Spalding, gift shop sales; and Jessica Parker, gift shop manager, attend the book launch for the newly released “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South” held in the Rabun County Civic Center Diner Saturday, March 11. The book was written and edited by Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Brenda, Claudia, and Mary Jane Carver attended a book launch for the newly released “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South” held at the Rabun County Civic Center Diner Saturday, March 11. The book was written and edited by Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire, and features the stories of local women.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Annette Brannen, Joanne Baumgartner, Gloria Stokes, and Jackie Baumgartner attend the book launch event for the release of "The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women'

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Crowds of people enjoyed sweet and savory treats during the Foxfire book launch event for the newly released “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South” held in the Rabun County Civic Center Diner Saturday, March 11. The book was written and edited by Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictures of women throughout history were displayed among decorations at Foxfire’s book launch event for the newly released “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South” held in the Rabun County Civic Center Diner Saturday, March 11. The book was written and edited by Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire.