Salisbury, Katie Gee
Summary: "Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2008
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Summary: Myrtilla Miner, the daughter of poor white farmers in Madison County, New York, was fueled by an unyielding feminist conviction. On December 3, 1851, the fiery educator and abolitionist opened the School for Colored Girls-- the only school in Washington, DC, dedicated to training African American students to be teachers. Milner fended off numerous attacks, including stonings, arson, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MINZanglein, Jayne E.
Summary: ""Don't take women when you go exploring!" In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, the president of the Explorers Club, told hundreds of female students at Barnard College that women and exploration could never mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either...The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the women who broke apart the stuffy men's club and founded the Society of Woman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 ZANFleshman, Lauren
Summary: "Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes. Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running: one of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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Summary: "From NPR correspondent Keith O' Brien comes this thrilling Young Readers' edition of the untold story about pioneering women, including Amelia Earhart, who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s--and won"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 OBRO'Brien, Keith
Summary: "High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 OBRBelovitch, Brian
Summary: In Trans Figured, Brian Belovitch shares his true story of life as a gender outlier and his dramatic journey through the jungle of gender identity. Brian has the rare distinction of coming out three times: first as a queer teenager; second as a glamorous transgender woman named Tish, and later, Natalia Gervais; and finally as an HIV-positive gay man surviving the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BELOVITCH, BRIAN BELRoss, Ailsa
Summary: "Biographical vignettes highlight exciting adventures and innovative contributions of women and girls from a wide variety of countries and historical periods. Now more than ever, the world is recognizing how strong women and girls are. How strong? In the early 1920s, Inuit expeditioner Ada Blackjack survived for two years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean before she was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press 2019
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Summary: "Camera Girl brings to cinematic life Jackie Kennedy's years as a young woman chafing at the expectations of her family and her era as she seeks to follow her dreams of becoming a famous writer. Set primarily during the underexamined years of 1950-1954, when Jackie was 20 to 25 years old, the book recounts the extraordinary story of her late college years, coming-of-age, and her life as a young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ONASSIS, JACQUELINE KENNEDY ANTRivera, Chita
Summary: "She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero--until the entertainment world renamed her. But Dolores--the irreverent side of the sensual, dark, and ferocious Chita--was always present and influential in creating some of Broadway's most iconic roles, including Anita in West Side Story, Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie, Velma in Chicago, Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Claire in The Visit....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIVERA, CHITA RIVGilpin, Betty
Summary: "Like Jenny Lawson and Caitlin Moran, Emmy-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin delivers a lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, and luminous essays on how to navigate this weird and wondrous life. Betty Gilpin has a brain full of women. There's Blanche VonFuckery, Ingrid St. Rash, and a host of others--some cowering in sweatpants, some howling plans for revolution, and some,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GILPIN, BETTY GILO'Meara, Mallory
Summary: Provides a tour through the feminist history of women drinking, revealing the untold female distillers, drinkers, and brewers that played vital roles in potent potable history, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to 1920s bartender Ada Coleman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
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Summary: "In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling-to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. Rana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EL KALIOUBY, RANA EL KYolen, Jane
Summary: "The inimitable Jane Yolen has teamed up with Barbara Diamond Goldin (a prolific author in her own right) to retell Bible stories from the point of view of twelve women (in nine chapters, as some come in pairs). After each story, there is a reflection "imagine" piece written from the voice of each woman (written by Barbara) and a poem about her (written by Jane). Intermixed with the main text...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Belief YolenZaslow, Jeffrey.
Summary: A testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life's joys and challenges-- and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected tragedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2009
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Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PATCobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Summary: "In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom CobbsDenhollander, Rachael
Summary: "Recipient of Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2018) "Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?" Rachael Denhollander's voice was heard around the world when she spoke out to end the most shocking scandal in US...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum, the nonfiction imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DENHOLLANDER, RACHAEL DENPaley, Rebecca
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. It took a lot of determination, courage, and confidence to become the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party. A Girl Named Hillary tells of the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE PALStuart, Nancy Rubin
Summary: Benjamin Franklin: thrifty inventor, statesman of the Revolutionary era... lover of women. The most prominent among them was Deborah Read Franklin, his common-law wife and partner for 44 years. An independent, politically savvy woman and devoted wife, she raised their children, managed his finances, and fought off angry mobs at gunpoint while he traipsed about England. Stuart also introduces...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FRANKLIN STUSidman, Joyce
Summary: "Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People SidmanRichards, Amy
Summary: "Behind every successful woman is the fascinating story of how she got to the top. And throughout history, trailblazing women have opened doors for those who followed. Based on the rich collection of interviews and documentaries from MAKERS, this book introduces pioneering women from all walks of life. Readers will get to know these women's hopes, dreams, challenges, and accomplishments in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920.72 RICScott, Janny.
Summary: Award-winning reporter Scott uncovers the full breadth of Stanley Ann Dunham's inspiring and untraditional life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2011