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...
Misbehaving at the crossroads : essays & writings
Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne
Paper Book
The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work of cultural criticism that explores the journeys and possibilities of...

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