Biographical Fiction for Women's History Month

A collection of biographical fiction featuring women, both well-known and should-be-known, for Women's History Month in March.

Updated February 26, 2025
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Sussex County Library System (NJ)
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Flight of the sparrow :
Brown, Amy Belding.
Paper Book
From the author of Emily's House comes a "compelling, emotionally gripping"* novel of historical fiction--perfect for readers of America's First Daughter. Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of...
The lady of the rivers
Gregory, Philippa.
CD
The Lady of the Rivers
The invention of wings
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller of hope, daring, and the quest for freedom taken on by two unforgettable American women, from the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees. "A remarkable novel that heightened my sense of what it meant to be a...
Half broke horses : a true-life novel
Walls, Jeannette.
Paper Book
"Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls' no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town - riding...

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