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Her Story, Our History

Celebrate Women’s History Month with powerful true stories of trailblazers, innovators, and everyday women who changed the world. These nonfiction reads highlight the voices, struggles, and achievements that have shaped history and continue to inspire today.

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  • Wise Gals

    the Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage

    Holt, Nathalia, 1980-
    Book, 2022New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2022], ©2022. — 327.1273 Holt 09/22
  • On Our Best Behavior

    the Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

    Loehnen, Elise,
    Book, 2023New York : The Dial Press, [2023] — 248.843 Loehnen 06/23
  • In Defense of Witches

    the Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

    Chollet, Mona, 1973-
    Book, 2022New York : St. Martin's Press, [2022] — 305.42 Chollet 03/22
  • Women in White Coats

    How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

    Campbell, Olivia (Journalist),
    Book, 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Park Row Books, [2021] — 610.90 Campbell 03/21
  • The Agitators

    Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights

    Wickenden, Dorothy,
    Book, 2021New York : Scribner, 2021. — 974.7 Wickenden 04/21
  • The Secret History of Home Economics

    How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

    Dreilinger, Danielle,
    Book, 2021New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 640.92 DREILINGER
  • The Girl Explorers

    the Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World

    Zanglein, Jayne, 1954-
    Book, 2021Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2021. — 910.92 Zanglein 04/21
  • Hidden Figures

    the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

    Shetterly, Margot Lee
    Book, 2016New York, New York : William Morrow, 2016. — 510.925 Shetterly 04/23
  • Half the Sky

    Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

    Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-
    Book, 2010New York : Vintage Books, 2010, ©2009. — 362.83 KRISTOF
  • I Am Malala

    the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

    Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-
    Book, 2013New York : Little, Brown, & Co., [2013], ©2013. — B Yousafzai 10/13
  • Suffrage

    Women's Long Battle for the Vote

    DuBois, Ellen Carol, 1947-
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster, [2020], ©2020. — 324.623 DuBois 04/21
  • Book, 2021New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2021], ©2021. — 321.6094 Quilligan 12/21
  • Fly Girls

    How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

    O'Brien, Keith, 1973-
    Book, 2018Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. — 920 O'Brien 08/18
  • My Name Is Selma

    the Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

    Perre, Selma van de, 1922-
    Book, 2021New York : Scribner Book Company, [2021] — 940.5318 Perre 06/21
  • First Women

    the Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies

    Brower, Kate Andersen,
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — 973.099 Brower 04/16