International Women's Day 2026 - Nonfiction for Adults

March 8, 2026 is the 115th International Women's Day! This year's theme is "Give to Gain" so enjoy these reads highlighting women though history who have given their all to move the rights of women forward.

Updated March 6, 2026
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The bluestockings : a history of the first women's movement
Gibson, Susannah
Paper Book
In England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman--if there were such a thing--would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did...
The equivalents : a story of art, female friendship, and liberation in the 1960s
Doherty, Maggie
Paper Book
The timely, never-before-told story of five brilliant, passionate women who, in the early 1960s, converged at the newly founded Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study and became friends as well as artistic collaborators, and who went on to shape the course of feminism in ways that are still...
Outspoken : my fight for freedom and human rights in Afghanistan
Samar, Sima
Digital file
The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan's Sima Samar: medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women. 'I have three strikes against me. I'm a woman...
The visionaries : Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the salvation of philosophy
Eilenberger, Wolfram
Paper Book
The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir reimagines the dance between consciousness and the world outside in a Rouen cafe. Ayn Rand labours in Hollywood exile on the novel she believes destined to reignite the flame of...
Wages for housework : the feminist fight against unpaid labor
Callaci, Emily
Paper Book
The revelatory story of a radical campaign to change the way we value work "Illuminating, honest, nuanced, Wages for Housework is a must-read for anyone seeking to make a just and sustainable world for all." ―Robin D. G....

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