A Movement for Reading in the 1960's : Focusing on the Activity of Hanni-Woman Library

Abstract

  The purpose of this study is to explain the process of establishment and activities of Hanni-Woman Library, and investigate the meaning of women's reading activities in the 1960's.

  By analyzing the miscellany of Hanni-Woman Library, it is demonstrated that the women at that time were alienated from reading activities or other cultural activities because of pressure from their family, especially from their mother-in-law.

  Hanni-Woman Library gave them the opportunity to read.

  Although the number of library members were reduced because of women's participation in public and prevalence of television, there were some women who continued their reading activities.

  Through activities of the Hanni-Woman Library, women became to form a habit of reading and to find the importance of learning together.

  For them, reading activities were an essential source of their cultivation in order to decide things for themselves and act on their own judgments and present their thoughts and ideas.