Childfree Women Social Club

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

When: Monday, July 28th, at 6-8 PM

Where: Poor Richard's Restaurant (324 1/2 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903)

Book: The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester

Summary: The fascinating story of 'Strata' Smith, a man who crossed boundaries of class, wealth, and science to produce a map that fundamentally changed the way we view the world. William Smith was not rich or well connected, but his passion for rocks and fossils, and his twenty-year obsession with single-handedly mapping the geology of Britain made him one of the most significant men of the nineteenth century. However his vision cost him dear - his wife went mad, his work was stolen by jealous colleagues who eventually ruined him, and he was imprisoned for debt.

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

When: Monday, August 25th, at 6-8 PM

Where: Trinity Brewing (1466 Garden of the Gods Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Book: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann

Summary: A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism—from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her paralysis, Judy’s actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people.

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

When: Monday, September 29th, at 6-8 PM

Where: Poor Richard's Restaurant (324 1/2 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903)

Book: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Summary: About how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe—from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos.

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

When: Monday, October 27th, at 6-8 PM

Where: Trinity Brewing (1466 Garden of the Gods Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Book: In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

Summary: Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**