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March is Women's History Month. Check out these nonfiction books by and about women now to celebrate Women's History Month —or any time of the year you're looking to discover a new favorite read.

Updated March 14, 2025

Grand Prairie Memorial Library

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The astronaut wives club : a true story

Koppel, Lily.

Paper Book

Discover the true story of the women who stood beside some of the greatest heroes of American space travel in this New York Times bestseller that delivers "a truly great snapshot of the times" (Publishers Weekly) that inspired a limited TV series on ABC! As America...

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

Adlington, Lucy.

Ebook

A powerful true story of survival, this chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust tells of an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the Holocaust twenty...

First women : the grace and power of America's modern First Ladies

Brower, Kate Andersen

Paper Book

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. ...

The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper

Rubenhold, Hallie

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Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography The award-winning, best-selling true crime book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders forever Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are...

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 #1 New York Times bestseller -WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION -WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK -WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK -WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING...

The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos

Batalion, Judith

Paper Book

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and Indie bestseller lists. One of the most important stories of World War II, already...

Proving ground : the untold story of the six women who programmed the world's first modern computer

Kleiman, Kathy

Paper Book

Discover a fascinating look into the lives of six historic trailblazers in this World War II-era story of the American women who programmed the world's first modern computer. "Kleiman's persistence in sleuthing out the story of the ENIAC 6 programmers has resulted...

She said : breaking the sexual harassment story that helped ignite a movement

Kantor, Jodi

Paper Book

The instant New York Times bestseller. "An instant classic of investigative journalism...'All the President's Men' for the Me Too era." -- Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's...

The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts

Grush, Loren

Paper Book

"Vivid." --The Guardian * "Engrossing." --Booklist * "Suspenseful, meticulously observed, enlightening." --Margot Lee Shetterly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures In this account of America's first women astronauts "Grush...

Three Women

Taddeo, Lisa.

Ebook

NOW A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY * BETTY GILPIN * DeWANDA WISE * GABRIELLE CREEVY * with BLAIR UNDERWOOD "Staggeringly intimate...Groundbreaking." --Entertainment Weekly "A breathtaking and important book." --Cheryl Strayed "Extraordinary...A...

The watchmaker's daughter : the true story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom

Loftis, Larry

Paper Book

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the Florida Book Awards Gold Medal New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII--at...

A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II

Purnell, Sonia

Paper Book

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator...

The women with silver wings : the inspiring true story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

Landdeck, Katherine Sharp

Paper Book

"With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve."--Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code...

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