Women's History

March is Women's History Month. Check out these stories of amazing women and their contributions and successes.

Updated March 6, 2025
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I Swear : Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan
Porter, Katie.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "high-octane, no-bullshit" (The New Republic) memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America--while carting three kids around in a minivan.   "Just like her whiteboard schoolings of CEOs, this...
The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science
Zernike, Kate
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called "exceptional" as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the...
When women ruled the world : six queens of Egypt
Cooney, Kara
Paper Book
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago...
Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War
Fields-Black, Edda L.
Ebook

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