Learn more about Winslow’s history in the new anthology, Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists, 1912-2012. Contributing author Carol La Valley will sign copies from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Old Trails Museum, located at 212 Kinsley Ave. in Winslow. The anthology was written by 18 award winning members of Arizona Press Women, and proceeds from book sales will fund col-lege scholarships in Arizona. Two of Winslow’s former residents and press women are featured in the book. Vada F. Carlson Rodriquez was a poet, journalist and author of two books on Winslow history, A Town Is Born and Snapshots, as well as of Black Mountain Boy, and as a collaborator on No Turning Back: A Hopi Woman’s Struggle to Live in Two Worlds. Billie Williams Yost was a reporter for The Winslow Mail and Coconino Sun and its successor, the Arizona Daily Sun, and author of several books, including Bread Upon the Sands. Skirting Traditions chronicles the lives and accomplishments of Rodriguez, Williams, and 26 other Arizona women who demonstrated resilience, creativity and grit, whether on the frontier of a young state or in a male-dominated profession. The narratives move forward from the beginning of statehood in 1912 to the modern day, describing daring feats, patriotic actions and amazing accomplishments by the women profiled. “We anticipate that the public, historians, journalists and devotees of the Old West will be interested in reading about the remarkable women profiled in this anthology,” said Brenda Warneka, a co-editor of the book. “These are women whom readers won’t soon forget. What they had in common was their love of writing and journalism, and their ability to use the written word to earn a living, argue a cause, and promote the vir-tues, beauty, history and people of the Southwest.” Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists, 1912-2012 was designated an Arizona Cen-tennial Legacy Project by the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission in celebration of the Arizona State Centennial on Feb. 14, 2012.