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Women's History Month Nonfiction Titles
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Blood sisters : the women behind the Wars of the Roses
by Sarah Gristwood
A historian describes the drama and family feuding within the Plantagenets, England's fifteenth-century ruling family, from the perspective of the mothers, wives and daughters who wove a web of loyalty and betrayal that ultimately gave way to the Tudors. 25,000 first printing.
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The feminist revolution : the struggle for women's liberation
by Bonnie J. Morris
Describes the political campaigns, protests, formation of women’s publishing houses, groundbreaking magazines and other contributions that helped women around the world mobilize into the feminist revolution that began in 1966.
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Glitter every day : 365 quotes from women I love
by Andy Cohen
The well-known television personality and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise presents 365 sayings and quotes from female icons, thought leaders, Real Housewives and legendary celebrities. 150,000 first printing.
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Marie Curie and her daughters : the private lives of science's first family
by Shelley Emling
An account of the life of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of radiation therapy shares additional focus on her roles as a young widow and mother of two daughters including Nobel Prize-winning chemist Irene and humanitarian journalist Eve, in an account that draws on descendant interviews and new archives. By the author of The Fossil Hunter. 30,000 first printing.
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Modern HERstory : stories of women and nonbinary people rewriting history
by Blair Imani
From the Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall riots through Black Lives Matter and beyond, this inspiring and radical celebration profiles 70 women who, coming from backgrounds and communities that are traditionally overlooked and under-celebrated, have changed—and are still changing—the world.
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Too much : how Victorian constraints still bind women today
by Rachel Vorona Cote
An essayist and contributing writer at Jezebel explores the Parallels between the Victorian era’s fixation on “hysterical” women and our modern attitudes towards the same, revealing how culture acts as a corset that restricts modern women.
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Wake : the hidden history of women-led slave revolts
by Rebecca Hall
Part graphic novel, part memoir, this book, using in-depth archival research and a measured use of historical imagination, tells the story of women-led slave revolts, uncovering the truth about these women warriors, who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. 60,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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