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Women's History Month

October is Women's History Month. What better time to read true stories of remarkable women?

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25 items

  • Normal Women

    900 Years of Making History

    Gregory, Philippa
    BookNew York, NY : HarperOne, 2024. — 942.0099 Gre
  • 1974

    a Personal History

    Prose, Francine, 1947-
    BookNew York : Harper, 2024. — 813.54 Prose
  • The Art of Power

    My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

    Pelosi, Nancy, 1940-
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — 328.73092 Pelos
  • Becoming Elizabeth Arden

    the Woman Behind the Global Beauty Empire

    Cordery, Stacy A.
    Book[New York] : Viking, [2024] — 338.766855092 Arden-C
  • BookNew York : Convergent, [2024] — 362.2913092 Trent
  • The Bluestockings

    a History of the First Women's Movement

    Gibson, Susannah
    BookNew York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024. — 305.420941 Gib
  • Chasing Beauty

    the Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

    Dykstra, Natalie
    BookNew York : Mariner Books, [2024] — 709.2 Gardn-D
  • Catherine De' Medici

    the Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

    Hollingsworth, Mary
    BookNew York : Pegasus Books, 2024. — 944.028092 Cathe-H
  • BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — 796.323092 Grine
  • BookNew York : Grand Central, 2024. — 070.195092 Chung
  • The Counterfeit Countess

    the Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust

    White, Elizabeth B.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — 940.531835092 Mehlb-W
  • The Elements of Marie Curie

    How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

    Sobel, Dava
    BookNew York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2024] — 540.92 Curie-S
  • In Exile

    Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother's Secret Life

    Ansari, Sadiya
    Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Anansi, 2024. — 305.40954552 Ans
  • The Northwomen

    Untold Stories From the Other Half of the Viking World

    Pringle, Heather Anne, 1952-
    BookWashington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2024] — 948.022 Pri
  • In True Face

    a Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

    Mendez, Jonna
    BookNew York : PublicAffairs, 2024. — 327.12730092 Mende
  • One Second at a Time

    My Story of Pain and Reclamation

    Morrisseau, Diane
    BookSaskatoon : Purich Publishing, 2024. — 362.8292092 Morri