Women's History Month 2024 - Women at Work: Economic Growth Past, Present and Future

True stories about Women at Work for all ages.

Updated October 25, 2024
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Breaking the ice
Bullaro, Angie
Paper Book
The inspiring true story of Manon Rhéaume, the first and only woman to play a game in the National Hockey League, featuring an afterward from Manon herself. "One day, a woman will play in the National Hockey League. If no one prevents her," said a twelve-year-old Manon Rhéaume....
Class : A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.
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Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A New York Times Most Anticipated Books of Fall From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely...
Into the planet : my life as a cave diver
Heinerth, Jill
Paper Book
Taking you to places no one has ever gone before, and blending memoir, adventure, and science, Into the Planet is a riveting account of one of the most dangerous yet exhilarating pursuits in the world: diving to the centre of the earth. "If I die, it will be in the most...
Meet Clara Hughes
MacLeod, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
Meet Clara Hughes -- athlete, Olympic medalist and mental health advocate. Clara is still the only person in the world to ever win multiple medals at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. But perhaps her biggest accomplishment is the work she has done to help others. ...
Meet Elsie MacGill
MacLeod, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Meet Elsie MacGill -- the world's first female aeronautical engineer! In this amazing addition to the Scholastic Canada Biography series, young Canadians will learn about the trailblazing Elsie MacGill, whose work on the Canadian-made Hawker Hurricane fighter helped the Allied forces to...
Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America /
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Paper Book
TheNew York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She...
Women in sports : [online electronic book] 50 fearless athletes who played to wi
Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989-
Ebook
A richly illustrated and inspiring book highlighting the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, by the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science.   "This is one of the books we've been waiting for--a...

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