Women's History Month Nonfiction

Nonfiction about women's history.

Updated February 5, 2024
Carver County Library
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All that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a black family keepsake
Miles, Tiya
Paper Book
A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a deeply layered and insightful testament to people who are left out of the archives
The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race
Isaacson, Walter
Paper Book
'The Code Breaker's confident, cinematic style makes Crispr accessible like never before, taking readers on a journey that is exciting, as well as ethically treacherous.' - The Financial Times 'A page-turner. It weaves history and contemporary events into a...
Divine might : goddesses in Greek myth
Haynes, Natalie
Paper Book
Get ready to meet the goddesses.In Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora's Jar, introduces us to the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and beloved as their male counterparts, it's time to look beyond the columns of a ruined temple to the...
Good for a girl : a woman running in a man's world
Fleshman, Lauren
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 Good for a Girl is a joyful love letter to the running life, a raw...
My name is Barbra
Streisand, Barbra
Paper Book
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and THE TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023. The exhilarating and startlingly honest autobiography of the living legend. ''Over almost a thousand pages, the diva to end them all documents her rise to the top and the tears and joys that...
Ten steps to Nanette : a memoir situation
Gadsby, Hannah
Audiobook
Wise gals : the spies who built the CIA and changed the future of espionage
Holt, Nathalia
Paper Book
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...

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