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Jeannine A. Cook: How Harriett's Bookshop Survived Prejudice, Protests and a Pandemic

Jeannine A. Cook: How Harriett's Bookshop Survived Prejudice, Protests and a Pandemic

Update: 2021-09-07
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Jeannine A. Cook is the Founder and Shopkeeper at Harriett's Bookshop, named after Harriett Tubman.

In February 2020, Harriett's was born to celebrate women authors, artists, and activists. The space was immediately beloved, but when the Coronavirus pandemic hit in March 2020, everything Jeannine had worked for was in jeopardy.

What follows is the story of how her incredible grit and intuition helped Harriett's survive and thrive during one of the most tumultuous years our country has ever seen.


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Jeannine A. Cook: How Harriett's Bookshop Survived Prejudice, Protests and a Pandemic

Jeannine A. Cook: How Harriett's Bookshop Survived Prejudice, Protests and a Pandemic

Kevin Chemidlin