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"Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age."
--Gloria Steinem
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Videos
Music
Marie Curie
by
Liza N. Burby
ISBN: 9780823950249
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Jane Goodall
by
Liza N. Burby
ISBN: 9780823950256
Publication Date: 1997-07-15
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by
Jonah Winter; Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419725593
Publication Date: 2017-08-08
My Own Words
by
Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Mary Hartnett (As told to); Wendy W. Williams (As told to)
ISBN: 9781501145247
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy of Dissent
by
Katie L. Gibson
ISBN: 9780817319786
Publication Date: 2018-03-28
491 Days
by
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela; Ahmed Kathrada (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780821421017
Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Maya Angelou
by
Linda Wagner-Martin
ISBN: 9781501307843
Publication Date: 2015-11-19
Learning about Integrity from the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
by
Nancy Ellwood
ISBN: 9780823953455
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
It Seems to Me
by
Leonard C. Schlup (Editor); Donald W. Whisenhunt (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813121857
Publication Date: 2001-05-18
She Was One of Us
by
Brigid O'Farrell
ISBN: 9780801448805
Publication Date: 2010-11-15
Courage in a Dangerous World
by
Allida Black (Editor); Eleanor Roosevelt
ISBN: 9780231111805
Publication Date: 1999-03-03
The World Will Follow Joy
by
Alice Walker
ISBN: 9781595588760
Publication Date: 2013-04-02
The Cushion in the Road
by
Alice Walker
ISBN: 9781595588722
Publication Date: 2013-04-09
Every Day Is a Good Day
by
Wilma Mankiller (Editor)
ISBN: 9781555916916
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Joni Mitchell
by
Ruth Charnock (Editor)
ISBN: 9781501332098
Publication Date: 2019-01-24
Sandra Day O'Connor
by
Ann Carey McFeatters
ISBN: 9780826332189
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women
by
Nichola D. Gutgold
ISBN: 9780739172506
Publication Date: 2012-05-31
Dolly on Dolly
by
Randy L. Schmidt
ISBN: 9781613735169
Publication Date: 2017-05-01
Unlikely Angel
by
Lydia R. Hamessley; Steve Buckingham (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780252043529
Publication Date: 2020-10-12
The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells
by
Dorothy Sterling (Afterword by); Ida B. Wells-Barnett; Miriam Decosta-Willis (Editor); Mary Helen Washington (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780807070659
Publication Date: 1995-10-31
Political Pioneer of the Press
by
Lori Amber Roessner (Editor, Contribution by); Jodi L. Rightler-McDaniels (Editor, Contribution by); Chandra D. Snell Clark (Foreword by, Contribution by); Norma Fay Green (Contribution by); Joe Hayden (Contribution by); Jinx C. Broussard (Contribution by); Kris DuRocher (Contribution by); Patricia A. Schechter (Contribution by); R. J. Vogt (Contribution by); Kathy Roberts Forde (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781498530323
Publication Date: 2018-07-31
Harriet Tubman
by
Kerry Walters
ISBN: 9781440855689
Publication Date: 2019-11-22
Harriet Tubman
by
James A. McGowan; William C. Kashatus
ISBN: 9780313348815
Publication Date: 2011-02-02
Learning about Bravery from the Life of Harriet Tubman
by
Kiki Mosher
ISBN: 9780823924240
Publication Date: 1996-07-15
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
by
Jeanne Theoharis
ISBN: 9780807050477
Publication Date: 2013-01-29
Sojourner Truth
by
Carleton Mabee
ISBN: 9780814754849
Publication Date: 1993-05-01
Madame Chien-Shiung Wu
by
Caijian Jiang; Tsai-Chien Chiang
ISBN: 9789814374842
Publication Date: 2013-03-28
Lady Thatcher
by
John Blundell
ISBN: 9780875866314
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Remembering Margaret Thatcher
by
John Blundell
ISBN: 9781628940152
Publication Date: 2013-11-15
Changing the Rules the Engagement
by
Martha Laguardia-Kotite
ISBN: 9781597976893
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Following Nellie Bly
by
Rosemary J. Brown
ISBN: 9781526761408
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
An Unladylike Profession
by
Chris Dubbs; Judy Woodruff (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781640123069
Publication Date: 2020-07-01
Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field
by
Mark Burford
ISBN: 9780190634902
Publication Date: 2018-12-07
The Most Famous Woman in Baseball
by
Bob Luke
ISBN: 9781597975469
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Constance Baker Motley
by
Gary L. Ford; Gary L. Ford
ISBN: 9780817319571
Publication Date: 2017-09-26
The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper
by
Charles Lemert (Editor); Esme Bhan (Editor)
ISBN: 9780847684076
Publication Date: 1997-12-29
A Voice from the South
by
Anna Julia Cooper; Mary H. Washington (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780195052466
Publication Date: 1988-04-14
American Women
by
Salem Press
ISBN: 9781619259447
Publication Date: 2016-05-30
Reaching for the Moon
by
Katherine Johnson
ISBN: 9781534440838
Publication Date: 2019-07-02
Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Selected Options
by
Patrick K. Reed (Editor)
ISBN: 9781608767595
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
A Black Women's History of the United States
by
Daina Ramey Berry; Kali Nicole Gross
ISBN: 9780807033555
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Ellen Ochoa
by
Maritza Romero
ISBN: 9780823950874
Publication Date: 1997-07-15
(Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph
by
Rita Liberti; Maureen M. Smith
ISBN: 9780815633846
Publication Date: 2015-05-29
Ladies for Liberty
by
John Blundell
ISBN: 9780875868646
Publication Date: 2013-04-15
The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells
by
Miriam DeCosta-Willis (Editor); Mary Helen Washington (Foreword by); Dorothy Sterling (Afterword by)
ISBN: 9780807070642
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
A Voice from the South
by
Anna J. Cooper
ISBN: 0837113849
Publication Date: 1969-08-21
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by
Michael Wallis; Wilma P. Mankiller
ISBN: 9780312098681
Publication Date: 1993-10-01
Winnie Mandela: Mother of a Nation
by
Nacy Harrison
ISBN: 0575036575
A Part of My Soul Went with Him
by
Winnie Mandela; Anne Benjamin; Mary Benson
ISBN: 9780393302905
Publication Date: 1985-11-17
Margaret Thatcher
by
Charles Moore
ISBN: 9780307958945
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Bound for the Promised Land
by
Kate Clifford Larson
ISBN: 9780345456281
Publication Date: 2004-12-28
Margaret Thatcher: a Life and Legacy
by
David Cannadine
ISBN: 9780198795001
Publication Date: 2017-03-01
Winnie Mandela
by
James Haskins
ISBN: 9780399215155
Publication Date: 1988-05-09
To Tell the Truth Freely
by
Mia Bay
ISBN: 9780809016464
Publication Date: 2010-02-02
Eleanor Roosevelt
by
Blanche Wiesen Cook
ISBN: 9780670844982
Publication Date: 1999-07-01
Sisters in Law
by
Linda Hirshman
ISBN: 9780062238467
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Eleanor Roosevelt
by
Tamara K. Hareven
ISBN: 9780306707056
Publication Date: 1975-05-21
Ida: a Sword among Lions
by
Paula J. Giddings
ISBN: 9780060519216
Publication Date: 2008-03-11
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
by
Jeanne Theoharis
ISBN: 9780807050477
Publication Date: 2013-01-29
My Beloved World
by
Sonia Sotomayor
ISBN: 9780307594884
Publication Date: 2013-01-15
First
by
Evan Thomas
ISBN: 9780399589287
Publication Date: 2019-03-19
Eleanor Roosevelt
by
Maurine H. Beasley
ISBN: 9780700617272
Publication Date: 2010-10-21
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
by
Sarah H. Bradford
ISBN: 0836987829
Publication Date: 1980-12-01
Harriet Tubman
by
Catherine Clinton
ISBN: 9780316155946
Publication Date: 2005-01-05
Sojourner Truth As Orator
by
Suzanne P. Fitch; Roseann M. Mandziuk
ISBN: 9780313300684
Publication Date: 1997-09-23
Black Woman Reformer
by
Sarah L. Silkey
ISBN: 9780820345574
Publication Date: 2015-01-30
Meridian
by
Alice Walker
ISBN: 9780156028349
Publication Date: 2003-05-26
Possessing the Secret of Joy
by
Alice Walker
ISBN: 9781595583642
Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Gather Together in My Name
by
Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780812980301
Publication Date: 2009-04-21
Celebrations
by
Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9781400066100
Publication Date: 2006-10-24
Still I Rise
by
Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780375505966
Publication Date: 2001-08-07
Alice Walker
by
Maria Lauret; Marie Lauret; Lauret Marie
ISBN: 9780312224318
Publication Date: 2000-01-02
Alice Walker
by
Harold Bloom (Editor, Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780791061824
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Changing the Rules the Engagement
by
Martha Laguardia-Kotite
ISBN: 9781597976893
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Marie Curie
by
Susan Quinn
ISBN: 9780201887945
Publication Date: 1996-04-10
The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
by
Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780679643258
Publication Date: 2004-09-21
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by
Maya Angelou; Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780375507892
Publication Date: 2002-03-05
Undaunted
by
Tanya Biank
ISBN: 9780451239228
Publication Date: 2013-02-05
Obsessive Genius
by
Barbara Goldsmith
ISBN: 9780393327489
Publication Date: 2005-10-17
The Cushion in the Road
by
Alice Walker
ISBN: 9781595588722
Publication Date: 2013-04-09
Amazing Nellie Bly
by
Mignon Rittenhouse
ISBN: 0836980743
Publication Date: 1977-06-01
Nellie Bly
by
Brooke Kroeger
ISBN: 0812919734
Publication Date: 1994-03-01
Shout, Sister, Shout!
by
Gayle F. Wald
ISBN: 0807009849
Publication Date: 2007-02-15
Montgomery Bus Boycott And The Women Who Started It
by
Jo Ann Gibson Robinson; David J. Garrow (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0870495240
Publication Date: 1987-05-22
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