Women's History

Updated February 10, 2023
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Why she wrote : a graphic history of the lives, inspiration, and influence behind the pens of classic women writers
Chapman, Hannah K.
Paper Book
In Why She Wrote, dive into the fascinating, unexpected, and inspiring stories behind the greatest women writers in the English language. This compelling graphic collection features 18 women--including Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Anne Lister, and...
Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
O'Brien, Keith
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Exhilarating." --New York Times Book Review "Riveting." --People "Keith O'Brien has brought these women--mostly long-hidden and forgotten--back into the light where they belong. And he's...
Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction
Kröger, Lisa
Paper Book
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales,from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning- horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn't exist without...
Eighty years and more : reminiscences, 1815-1897
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Paper Book
The autobiography of women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton--published for the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage--including an updated introduction and afterword from noted scholars of women's history Ellen Carol DuBois and Ann D. Gordon. Eighty Years...
Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America
Kerrison, Catherine
Paper Book
The remarkable untold story of Thomas Jefferson's three daughters--two white and free, one black and enslaved--and the divergent paths they forged in a newly independent America   FINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PRIZE * "Beautifully written . . . To a nuanced study of...
Let's get physical : how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world
Friedman, Danielle
Paper Book
A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power. For American women today, working out is as...
The women's history of the modern world : how radicals, rebels, and everywomen revolutionized the last 200 years
Miles, Rosalind
Paper Book
The internationally bestselling author of Who Cooked the Last Supper? presents a wickedly witty and very current history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers who left their mark on history from the French Revolution up to the present day. ...
The women's fight : the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation
Glymph, Thavolia
Paper Book
Historians of the Civil War often speak of ?wars within a war??the military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. In this broadly conceived book, Thavolia Glymph provides a comprehensive new history of women?s roles and...
Women in World War II
Taylor, Susan (Children's author)
Paper Book
World War II completely disrupted life in the United States and throughout the world, and it was an empowering turning point in U.S. women's history. Some women joined the armed forces as nurses and pilots. Some went to work outside the home in factories producing munitions, and building ships and...
Good girls don't make history
Kiehner, Elizabeth
Paper Book
History has rarely been told from a woman's point of view.  Good Girls Don't Make History  is an important graphic novel that amplifies the voices of female legends from 1840 to the present day.    ...
She the people : a graphic history of uprisings, breakdowns, setbacks, revolts, and enduring hope on the unfinished road to women's equality
Deaderick, Jen
Paper Book
A sweeping, smart, and smart-ass graphic history of women's ongoing quest for equality In March 2017, Nevada surprised the rest of America by suddenly ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment--thirty-five years after the deadline had passed. Hey,...
999 : the extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz
Macadam, Heather Dune
Paper Book
A Pen America Literary Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee An Amazon Best of the Year Selection The untold story of some of WW2's most hidden figures and the heartbreaking tragedy that unites them all. Readers of Born Survivors and A Train...
Raising her voice : African-American women journalists who changed history
Streitmatter, Rodger.
Paper Book
Each chapter is a biographical sketch of an influential black woman who has written for American newspapers or television news, including Maria W. Stewart, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Gertrude Bustill Mossell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Josephine St.Pierre Ruffin, Delilah L. Beasley, Marvel Cooke, Charlotta...
Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
Lee Shetterly, Margot
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller -WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION -WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK -WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK -WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES,...
Girly drinks : a world history of women and alcohol
O'Meara, Mallory
Paper Book
*A Finalist for the Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History or Spirits* *A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022* "At last, the feminist history of booze we've been waiting for!" --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist ...
Women, from the Greeks to the French Revolution
Bell, Susan Groag
Paper Book
In her place : a documentary history of prejudice against women
Joshi, S. T.
Paper Book
The long history of prejudice against women has been the focus of many academic studies, but until now there has been no attempt to collect actual examples of this prejudice from books, articles, and scholarly monographs. In Her Place gathers together dozens of works - mostly by American writers...
Modern HERstory : stories of women and nonbinary people rewriting history
Imani, Blair
Paper Book
An inspiring and radical celebration of 70 women, girls, and nonbinary people who have changed-and are still changing-the world, from the Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall riots through Black Lives Matter and beyond. With a radical and inclusive approach to history, Modern...
The feminine mystique
Friedan, Betty.
Paper Book
Landmark, groundbreaking, classic--these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of "the problem that has no name": the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women's...
A perfect fit : how Lena "Lane" Bryant changed the shape of fashion
Rockliff, Mara
Paper Book
Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes in this inclusive picture book biography of a Lithuanian immigrant with a brilliant eye for fashion and business. With stunning artwork from Sibert medalist...
The trouble between us : an uneasy history of white and Black women in the feminist movement
Breines, Wini.
Paper Book
Inspired by the idealism of the civil rights movement, the women who launched the radical second wave of the feminist movement believed, as a bedrock principle, in universal sisterhood and color-blind democracy. Their hopes, however, were soon dashed. To this day, the failure to create an integrated...
Peace as a women's issue : a history of the U.S. movement for world peace and women's rights
Alonso, Harriet Hyman.
Paper Book
Peace as a Women's Issue is a comprehensive history of the feminist peace movement in the United States during the last two centuries. This absorbing history traces the development of the women's campaign for peace from its roots in nineteenth-century abolitionist and suffrage movements to...
Southern women : more than 100 stories of innovators, artists, and icons
Heckert, Amanda.
Paper Book
From the award-winning Southern lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun comes this rich collection of some of the South's most notable women. For too long, the Southern woman has been synonymous with the Southern belle, a "moonlight and magnolias" myth that gets...
A history of women photographers
Rosenblum, Naomi.
Paper Book
Women have had a special relationship with the camera since the advent of photographic technology in the mid-nineteenth century. Photographers celebrated women as their subjects, from intimate family portraits and fashion spreads to artistic photography and nude studies, including Man Ray's...
Mujeres geniales : artistas, atletas, piratas, punks y otras revolucionarias que hicieron historia
Schatz, Kate
Paper Book
Rad Women Worldwide tells fresh, engaging, and amazing tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well-researched and riveting biographies with powerful and expressive cut-paper portraits. The book features an array of diverse figures from 430 BCE to 2016, spanning 31 countries around the...
Women in Black history : stories of courage, faith, and resilience
Jackson, Tricia Williams.
Paper Book
Within the pages of American history are the stories of remarkable African American women who have defied the odds, taken a stand for justice, and made incredible strides despite opposition from the culture around them. Now young readers can discover their exciting true stories in this eye-opening...
Notable women in American history : a guide to recommended biographies and autobiographies
Adamson, Lynda G.
Paper Book
This unique guide will enable students, librarians, teachers, and general readers to easily identify the best biographies and autobiographies of 500 of the most notable women in American history. Spanning from colonial America through 1998, the guide features entries on historical and...
Beyond Rosie : a documentary history of women and World War II
Brock, Julia
Paper Book
More so than any war in history, World War II was a woman's war. Women, motivated by patriotism, the opportunity for new experiences, and the desire to serve, participated widely in the global conflict. Within the Allied countries, women of all ages proved to be invaluable in the fight for victory....
Rad American women A-Z
Schatz, Kate.
Paper Book
The New York Times Bestseller! "This is The Most Inspiring Children's Book We've Ever Seen."--Refinery29.com "The very first kids' book released by the iconic publishing house City Lights, Rad American Women A-Z navigates the alphabet from Angela Davis to Zora...
Talentos ocultos la genialidad no tiene color, la fuerza no tiene género, el valor no tiene límite.
Shetterly, Margot Lee
Ebook
La fenomenal historia de mujeres matemáticas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos cálculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Pronto será una gran película protagonizada por Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer,...
Wonder women : 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history
Maggs, Sam
Paper Book
A fun and feminist celebration of the forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond-from the bestselling author of The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy You may think you know women's history pretty well. But have you ever heard of- . Alice Ball,...
A black women's history of the United States
Berry, Daina Ramey
Paper Book
The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this "groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States" (Ibram X. Kendi)-the perfect companion to An Indigenous People's History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the...
Scandalous women : the lives and loves of history's most notorious women
Mahon, Elizabeth Kerri.
Paper Book
Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcees, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous Women tells the stories of the risk...
Heroism begins with her : inspiring stories of bold, brave, and gutsy women in the U.S. Military
Conkling, Winifred
Paper Book
For fans of Rad American Women A-Z, Rebel Girls, and Women Who Dared comes an inspiring collection of more than 80 profiles about the brave women in the US military who fought hard for their country and even harder for what they believed in. From the Revolutionary War to...

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