Bell-Scott, Patricia.

Summary: Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did for justice and freedom.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016

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DiFranco, Ani

Summary: "A memoir by the celebrated singer-songwriter and social activist Ani DiFranco In her new memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more into an inspiring whole. In these frank, honest,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019

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Schiff, Karenna Gore.

Contents: Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Mother Jones -- Alice Hamilton -- Frances Perkins -- Virginia Durr -- Septima Poinsette Clark -- Dolores Huerta -- Helen Rodriguez-Trias -- Gretchen Buchenholz.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Books/Hyperion 2006

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Knight, Louise W.

Summary: Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the leading figures of the Progressive era. This "pragmatic visionary," as Knight calls her, is best known as the creator of Hull House, a model settlement house offering training, shelter, and culture for Chicago's poor. Addams also involved herself in a long list of Progressive campaigns. Her rhetorical skills as both speaker and writer made her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2010

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Painter, Nell Irvin.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1996

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Grinspan, Jon

Summary: "A raucous history of American democracy at its wildest--and a bold rethinking of the relationship between the people and their politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economicand technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021

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Merriam, Eve

Contents: Eliza Southgate (1783-1809): schoolgirl.--Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902): founder of the women's suffrage movement.--Maria Mitchell (1818-1889): astronomer.--Mary Ann Webster Loughborough (1836-1887): wife of a Confederate officer.--Arvazine Angeline Cooper (1845-1929): pioneer across the plains.--Dr. Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919): minister and doctor.--Susie King Taylor (1848-1912): born a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1971

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Baker, Jean H.

Summary: In this lively new biography, an historian argues convincingly that Margaret Sanger deserves the vaunted place in feminist history she once held. Baker's nuanced account of Sanger's life emphasizes the passion of her convictions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2011

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Bell-Scott, Patricia.

Summary: "Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom,"--NoveList.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016

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Contents: The courage to persevere. Isabel Allende ; Kelly Stone ; Jako ; Cheri Honkala ; Cora Lee Johnson ; Mary Pipher ; Rhea Seddon ; Faith Popcorn ; Michele Lee -- The courage to listen to your heart. Judith Orloff ; Barbara Brennan ; Susan Winston ; Janelle Goetcheus ; Lynne Twist ; Rebecca Black ; Barbara Trent ; Elizabeth Pirruccello Newhall -- The courage to challenge. Anita Roddick ; Kory...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 1999

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Prager, Joshua

Summary: Despite her famous pseudonym, "Jane Roe," no one knows the truth about Norma McCorvey (1947-2017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 1969 opened a great fracture in American life. Journalist Joshua Prager spent hundreds of hours with Norma, discovered her personal papers--a previously unseen trove--and witnessed her final moments. This book presents her life in full.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Addams, Jane

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1998

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MacPherson, Myra.

Summary: Describes the adventures of two sisters who tried to overcome the male-dominated social norms of the late nineteenth century and achieved a remarkable list of firsts, including the first woman-run brokerage house and the first woman to run for president.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014

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