1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club returns for Fall 2026 with a discussion of Charlotte Perkin's Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper." Join us at Friendly City Books in downtown Columbus for a conversation about this early feminist text.
1884 Fellow Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club will meet for a conversation about Audre Lorde's collection of essays and speeches in Sister Outsider.
In this final book club of fall 2026, we will discuss Jacqueline Harpman's newly translated speculative fiction novel, I Who Have Never Known Men. The book explores female friendship in a post-apocalyptic setting. 1884 Lessa Harvey's Feminist Book Club began through her collaboration with Friendly City Books during the Nancy Yates Community Engagement Program.
Located in historic Columbus, Mississippi, The W was founded in 1884 as the first state-supported college for women in the United States. Today, the university is home to 2,371 students in more than 70 majors and concentrations and has educated men for 40 years. The university is nationally recognized for low student debt, community and social mobility which empowers students to BE BOLD.
Be Bold.