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New Books for Women's History Month

March 1, 2019 | SuzyQ

Marie Curie. Eleanor Roosevelt. Susan B. Anthony. Elizabeth I of England. Florence Nightingale. These remarkable women are well known to most of us, but there are many others in history just as remarkable whose names may not be as recognizable. In honor of Women's History Month we should all make some time to learn about them by reading some of the many biographies to found in the library's collection:

Eliza Hamilton : the extraordinary life and times of the wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J Mazzeo
Tigerbelle : the Wyomia Tyus story by Wyomia Tyus
Ruth Bader Ginsburg : a life by Jane Sherron De Hart
Phoebe Apperson Hearst : a life of power and politics by Alexandra M. Nickliss
Ninth Street women : Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler : five painters and the movement that changed modern art by 1955- Mary Gabriel
When women ruled the world : six queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
Looking for Lorraine : the radiant and radical life of Lorraine Hansberry by 1972- Imani Perry
A life of my own by Claire Tomalin
Not for the faint of heart : lessons in courage, power & persistence by Wendy R. Sherman
Becoming by 1964- Michelle Obama
In extremis : the life and death of the war correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum
Elizabeth Seton : American saint by Catherine (Historian) O'Donnell
Elizabeth Warren : her fight, her work, her life by Antonia Felix
Betty Ford : First Lady, women's advocate, survivor, trailblazer by Lisa McCubbin
Proust's duchess : how three celebrated women captured the imagination of fin-de-siècle Paris by 1969- Caroline Weber
Empress : the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal
George Sand by Martine Reid
Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world by Andrea Barnet
Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet by Claire Lisa Evans
She caused a riot : 100 unknown women who built cities, sparked revolutions, & massively crushed it by Hannah Jewell
In search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson
What the eyes don't see : a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Queen of the world by Robert Hardman
The truths we hold : an American journey by Kamala D Harris
Lady first : the world of first lady Sarah Polk by 1968- Amy S. Greenberg
Code name: Lise : the true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy by Larry Loftis
A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII by Sonia Purnell
Finding my voice : my journey to the West Wing and the path forward by 1956- Valerie Jarrett