Emma Watson Hits The NYC Streets To Hide Books In Honor Of International Women’s Day

Today I'm a red-striking ninja book-fairy out to spread some wise women's words. Happy International Women's Day! @bookfairiesworldwide #IWDOurSharedShelf #IWD #ADayWithoutAWoman

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Emma Watson hit the streets of New York City today, March 8, to hide books throughout the city. The young actress visited multiple statues across the Big Apple of inspiring women and placed books there for the public to find.

This isn’t the first time Emma has done something like this, Emma hit the streets of London and New York City last year to hide books for the public. In each book Emma wrote a sweet note thanking them for picking up the book and encouraging them to pass the book on to others.

Happy International Women’s Day to all!

Gertrude Stein was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector. She was a leading figure in modernism in literature and art in the early 20th century. She wrote Tender Buttons and Three Lives, as well as work dealing with homosexual themes ✊️📚 #IWD #IWDOurSharedShelf #ADayWithoutAWoman @bookfairiesworldwide

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The statue of French patriot and saint Joan of Arc was sculpted by a woman, Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, in 1915. It was the very first statue depicting a non-fictional woman in NYC and was the only one until the 1980s ✊️📚 #IWD #IWDOurSharedShelf #ADayWithoutAWoman @bookfairiesworldwide

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Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and humanitarian. Born into slavery in 1822, she escaped and subsequently rescued around seventy enslaved families and friends. After the American civil war she became an active participant in the struggle for women’s suffrage ✊️📚 #IWD #IWDOurSharedShelf #ADayWithoutAWoman @bookfairiesworldwide

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Dropping off books at the volunteer-powered and collectively-owned radical bookstore Blue Stockings ✊️📚 #IWD #IWDOurSharedShelf #ADayWithoutAWoman @bookfairiesworldwide @bluestockingsnyc

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