International Women's Day 2025 - Nonfiction for Adults

March 8 is International Women's Day! The theme for 2025 is "Accelerate Action!," so get yourself moving with these great reads about women's roles in important events throughout history.

Updated February 18, 2025
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A house in the mountains the women who liberated Italy from fascism
Moorehead, Caroline
Paper Book
"Dramatic, heartbreaking and sweeping in scope." --Wall Street Journal The acclaimed author of A Train in Winter returns with the "moving finale" (The Economist) of her Resistance Quartet--the powerful and inspiring true story of the women of the partisan resistance who fought against...
We will be jaguars : a memoir of my people
Nenquimo, Nemonte
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year by Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews "An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart." --Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club November...
I Will Scream to the World : My Story. My Fight. My Hope for Girls Everywhere
Dukureh, Jaha Marie.
Paper Book
This extraordinary memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage, to global activist and political leader who became UN Women's first Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, and...

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