From our Famous First Lines interactive exhibit, "Friends and Fellow Citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote." Read on to learn who said this! * * It was Susan B. Anthony! And today we wish a very happy birthday to her. She gave this speech, "Women's Rights to the Suffrage" in 1873. Test your literary knowledge by guessing other lines in our Famous First Lines exhibit. * * #SusanBAnthony #HappyBirthday #FamousFirstLines

Happy birthday to our friend and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator @paulozelinsky! This photo is from back in 2017 when Zelinsky painted our beloved tree mural full of adorable, book-loving squirrels in our Children's Literature Gallery. Happy birthday Paul! #ThrowbackThursday #SquirrelsWhoRead

Happy birthday @jacqueline_woodson! Here’s to visibility, possibility, and all of the hard work you do to do to advocate for young people’s literacy and respresentation. * * Back in September of 2018 we were honored that Woodson visited us and spoke not only to an adult audience, but also took time during the day to speak with Chicago students about writing and reading as part of our Write In program, which provides free field trip experiences for qualifying schools. Visit our website to learn more! * * #JacquelineWoodson #happybirthday #AWMAuthorTalks #WriteIn #TuesdayThoughts

We're already one month into 2019, and with all this cold weather we've been snuggled up with blankets and books! Check out what the AWM staff read in January, and be sure to visit the reading recommendations page on our website for a full list of books and authors. What are you reading these days? * * #AngaliaBianca #OyinkanBraithwaite #KariChapin #AminderDhaliwal #DaveEggers #ShirleyJackson #RachelKhong #DorothyLehmkuhl #DoloresCotterLamping #JoyceCarolOates #NnediOkorafor #TommyOrange #JosieSilver #JoseAntonioVargas

"Sun's a risin', this is gonna be my song. I could be blue, but I been blue all night long." * * Happy birthday Langston Hughes! Born #onthisday in 1902. Visit us to listen to more recordings of Hughes reading his poems aloud. * * #LangstonHughes #HappyBirthday #BlackHistoryMonth #poetry #WorldReadAloudDay

We're closed today due to the #PolarVortex, but the cold can't stop us from writing! We're always tinkering with our typewriters to keep them in working order. The tools of the craft are vital to the craft itself! Stay safe, stay warm, and stay writing. * * #typewriter #typewriters #workingfromhome #writerwednesday

It sure is cold in Chicago! But lucky for us, one of our visitors drew this fiery heart in our exhibit #BobDylanElectric to help us stay warm. What do @bobdylan's lyrics mean to you? Do they fill your heart with fire too? Stop by and share your thoughts with us because, while it may be cold outside, books and words keep our hearts warm. #ChicagoTundra #BundleUpWithBooks #ItsColdAF #FridayFeeling

"Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain --" * * Happy birthday to the fierce Edith Wharton, born on this day in 1862. Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 for her classic novel "The Age of Innocence." Check out our affiliate home @themountlenox to learn more about Wharton's life and work! #EdithWharton #HappyBirthday #WriterBirthday #ThrowbackThursday #TheAgeOfInnocence #Poetry

"I'm writing because I love to write, of course. It was just a pleasure to write...It's always been work. But it’s the kind of work you enjoy having done. The doing of it is hard work. People don’t usually realize what it takes out of you. They just see you sitting there, staring at the wall, and they don’t know that you’re looking for the perfect word to describe a shade of light. I did enjoy writing. Also, I’ve probably said everything I’ve wanted to say." -Russell Baker * * And it was a pleasure for us to read. Rest easy, Russell Baker, award-winning writer and longtime @nytimes columnist. #RussellBaker #WednesdayWisdom #WriterWednesday

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. * * 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' was written in 1963. Dr. King was imprisoned in solitary confinement and began drafting this letter about nonviolent resistance in the margins of a newspaper editorial. Photo is from our Nation of Writers video. #MLKDay #DrMartinLutherKingJr #MartinLutherKing