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Women's History Month: Book Spotlight

Resources related to the contributions of women to culture, history, and innovation

Biography & Autobiography

The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine
The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times
We should all be feminists
I Know This to Be True - Greta Thunberg on Truth, Courage and Saving Our Planet
Becoming

Women's History

Glamour : women, history, feminism
Woman : the American history of an idea
Woman : the American history of an idea
The secret history of Wonder Woman
The Second Sex
The Radium Girls : The Dark Story of America's Shining Women.
Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot
Our women on the ground : essays by Arab women reporting from the Arab world
Reshaping Women's History

Women in STEM

Women of color in tech : a blueprint for inspiring and mentoring the next generation of technology innovators
The future of tech is female : how to achieve gender diversity
Headstrong : 52 women who changed science-- and the world
Cracking the digital ceiling : women in computing around the world

Current Topics

Invisible women : data bias in a world designed for men
Forgotten Girls : Stories of Hope and Courage.
Gaming sexism : gender and identity in the era of casual video games
Obstacle course : the everyday struggle to get an abortion in America
Millennial feminism at work bridging theory and practice

Fiction by Women Authors

A woman is no man : a novel
Lessons in chemistry
The Joy Luck Club
Americanah : [a novel]
Sing, unburied, sing : a novel
Girl, woman, other
Mad honey : a novel
Fun home : a family tragicomic