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100 Must-Read Titles About Women's History

100 Must-Read Books About Women's History, listed mostly by continent/region, but also by topic. Enjoy!
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A History of the Wife (Marilyn Yalom)
A History of the Wife
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Marilyn Yalom
No Turning Back: A History of Feminism and the Future of Women (Estelle Freedman)
No Turning Back: A History of Feminism and the Future of Women
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Estelle Freedman
Women Artists: An Illustrated History (Nancy G. Heller)
Women Artists: An Illustrated History
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Nancy G. Heller
Women in the Middle Ages: The Lives of Real Women in a Vibrant Age of Transition (Francis and Joseph Gies)
Women in the Middle Ages: The Lives of Real Women in a Vibrant Age of Transition
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Francis and Joseph Gies
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science--And the World (Rachel Swaby)
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science--And the World
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Rachel Swaby
Nike Is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports (Lucy Danziger)
Nike Is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports
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Lucy Danziger
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
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Simone De Beauvoir
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Mary Wollstonecraft
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
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Betty Friedan
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
10
The Creation of Patriarchy (Gerda Lerner)
The Creation of Patriarchy
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Gerda Lerner
The Book of the City of Ladies
The Book of the City of Ladies
12
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich)
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
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Angela Davis
Hypatia of Alexandria (Maria Dzielska)
Hypatia of Alexandria
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Maria Dzielska
The Warrior Queens (Antonia Fraser)
The Warrior Queens
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Antonia Fraser
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt (Joyce Tyldesley)
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt
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Joyce Tyldesley
The Chalice and the Blade (Riane Eisler)
The Chalice and the Blade
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Riane Eisler
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years (Elizabeth Wayland Barber)
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years
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Elizabeth Wayland Barber
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World (Adrienne Mayor)
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
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Adrienne Mayor
The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe (Nwando Achebe)
The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe
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Nwando Achebe
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War (Leymah Gbowee)
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
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Leymah Gbowee
Infidel (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
Infidel
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Queen of Katwe (Tim Crothers)
The Queen of Katwe
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Tim Crothers
African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa (Gwenolyn Mikell)
African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gwenolyn Mikell
In Praise of Black Women, Volume 1: Ancient African Queens (Simone Schwarz-Bart, Et Al.)
In Praise of Black Women, Volume 1: Ancient African Queens
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Simone Schwarz-Bart, Et Al.
The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women (Deborah J. Swiss)
The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women
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Deborah J. Swiss
Wise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of Ancestral Powers (K. Langloh Parker)
Wise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of Ancestral Powers
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K. Langloh Parker
Slave Women in Caribbean Society: 1650-1832 (Barbara Bush)
Slave Women in Caribbean Society: 1650-1832
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Barbara Bush
Women in Caribbean History (Verene Shepherd)
Women in Caribbean History
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Verene Shepherd
Natural Rebels: A Social History of Enslaved Women in Barbados (Hilary Mcd Beckles)
Natural Rebels: A Social History of Enslaved Women in Barbados
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Hilary Mcd Beckles
Women of Korea: A History From Ancient Times to 1945 (Yung-Chung Kim)
Women of Korea: A History From Ancient Times to 1945
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Yung-Chung Kim
In Order to Live (Yeonmi Park)
In Order to Live
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Yeonmi Park
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History (Canyon Sam)
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History
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Canyon Sam
The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival (Ama Adhe)
The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival
35
Ama Adhe
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
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Jung Chang
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis
37
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Eternal First Lady (Laura Tyson Li)
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Eternal First Lady
38
Laura Tyson Li
Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko (Phyllis Birnbaum)
Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko
39
Phyllis Birnbaum
Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back (Janice P. Nimura)
Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back
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Janice P. Nimura
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