31 Nonfiction Books for 31 Days of Women's History Month

A selection of nonfiction books chronicling women throughout history, their accomplishments, and their legacies in society today.

Updated January 11, 2024
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The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free
Bren, Paulina
Paper Book
18 tiny deaths : the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics
Goldfarb, Bruce
Paper Book
For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training. People often got away with murder. That is, until Frances Glessner Lee. Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962...
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 radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women
Moore, Kate (Writer and editor)
Paper Book
Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club choice New York Times bestseller 'Fascinating' Sunday Times 'Thrilling' &★&★&★&★&★ Mail on Sunday All they wanted was the chance to...
The woman they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear
Moore, Kate, (Writer and editor)
Paper Book
From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girlscomes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today. Elizabeth Packard was an ordinary Victorian housewife and mother of six. That was, until the first Woman's Rights Convention...
Femina : a new history of the Middle Ages, through the women written out of it
Ramirez, Janina
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE** 'Janina Ramirez is a born storyteller, and in Femina she is at the peak of her powers. This is bravura narrative history underpinned by passionate advocacy for the women...
The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper
Rubenhold, Hallie
Paper Book
THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES Top Ten Best True Crime book: 'Groundbreaking. Extraordinary' 'Terrific' Ian Rankin 'Gripping' NEW YORK TIMES 'At last, the Ripper's victims get a...
Heiresses : the lives of the million dollar babies
Thompson, Laura
Paper Book
Heiresses is a glorious book, endlessly entertaining and about much more than its stated subject. Thompson is a fabulous writer' Caroline O'Donoghue 'Witty, insightful, deliciously gossip-laden and slightly scandalous... Heiresses makes for an entertaining,...
I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book

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