Celebrate women’s history month with these great reads

March is women’s history month. Here at Gotitles we will be celebrating the women who have shaped our country and the world. Check out our list of our top 3 recommended listens from Women who have shaped our lives available on Gotitles.

One. Becoming Michelle Obama

The autobiography by one of America’s most iconic First ladies is a gripping read. Michelle Obama has a way with words. This autobiography is a compelling listen. She describes how she helped create a robust advocate environment for women everywhere, all while raising two down-to-earth daughters under the media’s watchful eye.

Two. SHOUT - Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson is well known for the fearless way she writes and advocates the women who have survived sexual assault. This poetry memoir resulted from her fans’ inspiration and anger at how little has changed in the last 20 years since her first best-selling novel, SPEAK. It’s both vulnerable and rallying and all at the same time timeless. It’s an acknowledgement of society’s failures and a love note to all the ladies who have shown the courage to stand up to abuse. It’s honest and powerful and impossible to ignore.

Three. FIRST - Evan Thomas

The audiobook of the first female Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor is intimate, inspiring and authentic. It includes exclusive interviews and access to Justice O'Connor's archives. She has inspired women and men who want to lead and want to be first in their own lives to know when to walk away or stand up for what they believe. Essentially this is a book about a woman who loved her family first and believed in serving her country and the bridge she built for all women when she became America’s most powerful woman.

If you are inspired to learn more about strong women who have shaped our world this month, visit Gotitles for more inspiring reads to celebrate women’s history month.

A Brief History of The Marshmallow

Summer and early fall make for the best time to go camping; to get away from the city, reconnect with nature, and sleep under the stars. Camping, of course, also means campfires, and who among us hasn’t taken part in the time honored tradition of roasting marshmallows? Be it for someres or just to enjoy on their own, we love roasted marshmallows, from the patience required for the procedure to the gooey deliciousness of the final product. But just what is a marshmallow? Here’s a brief history.

The marshmallow, believe it or not, was originally a natural food that came from a plant. Appropriately enough, that plant was called the marsh mallow, or Althea officinalis to use its botanical name. The marsh mallow is indigenous to Eurasia and Northern Africa, and its use dates back thousands of years. By boiling the plant’s sap, straining it, and sweetening it, harvesters of the marsh mallow were rewarded with a sweet treat that was often used to soothe sore throats or simply eaten for the sheer enjoyment.

Marshmallows were originally a luxury item, as each one had to be hand moulded in a rather time consuming process. Enter: the Industrial Revolution. Thanks to modern machinery the humble marshmallow became an assembly line product, and with the cost of production significantly decreased, it quickly became one of the most common forms of candy. Sadly, there’s no trace of the original marsh mallow to be found in modern marshmallows, as they now mostly consist of corn syrup, cornstarch, and gelatin.

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