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96 Nonfiction Books to Read This Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month, celebrated in the U.S. by just about every major institution in the country.The authors below have developed a wide range of different approaches to the topic. You'll find specific profiles of pioneering women—doctors, say, or rocket scientists. Other books chronicle entire historical eras, even some in which women ruled the world. One author has narrowed the focus to particularly treasured anatomical specifics.
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999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz (Heather Dune Macadam)
999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
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Heather Dune Macadam
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
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Ben Macintyre
All the Single Ladies (Rebecca Traister)
All the Single Ladies
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Rebecca Traister
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
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Tiya Miles
All You Can Ever Know (Nicole Chung)
All You Can Ever Know
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Nicole Chung
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free (Paulina Bren)
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
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Paulina Bren
Beautiful Country (Qian Julie Wang)
Beautiful Country
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Qian Julie Wang
The Beauty in Breaking (Michele Harper)
The Beauty in Breaking
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Michele Harper
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
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Michelle Obama
Between Two Kingdoms (Suleika Jaouad)
Between Two Kingdoms
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Suleika Jaouad
A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
A Black Women's History of the United States
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Daina Ramey Berry
Bomb Shelter (Mary Laura Philpott)
Bomb Shelter
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Mary Laura Philpott
Butts: A Backstory (Heather Radke)
Butts: A Backstory
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Heather Radke
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War I (Liza Mundy)
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War I
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Liza Mundy
Code Name Lise (Larry Lofts)
Code Name Lise
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Larry Lofts
Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
Come Fly the World
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Julia Cooke
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America (Christopher C. Gorham)
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
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Christopher C. Gorham
Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir (Erika L. Sanchez)
Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir
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Erika L. Sanchez
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
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Michelle Zauner
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World (Shelley Puhak)
The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
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Shelley Puhak
The Divorce Colony (April White)
The Divorce Colony
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April White
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine (Janice P. Nimura)
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
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Janice P. Nimura
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive (Lucy Adlington)
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
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Lucy Adlington
Drinking Games (Sarah Levy)
Drinking Games
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Sarah Levy
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation (Camonghne Felix)
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
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Camonghne Felix
Educated: A Memoir (Tara Westover)
Educated: A Memoir
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Tara Westover
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science (Kate Zernike)
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
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Kate Zernike
Fearless Women (Elizabeth Cobbs)
Fearless Women
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Elizabeth Cobbs
Finding Me: A Memoir (Viola Davis)
Finding Me: A Memoir
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Viola Davis
First (Evan Thomas)
First
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Evan Thomas
The Five (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five
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Hallie Rubenhold
Fly Girls (Keith O'Brien)
Fly Girls
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Keith O'Brien
The Girls of Atomic City (Denise Kiernan)
The Girls of Atomic City
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Denise Kiernan
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World (Lauren Fleshman)
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
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Lauren Fleshman
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail (Ben Montgomery)
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
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Ben Montgomery
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
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Helen MacDonald
Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women (Victoria Dutchman-Smith)
Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
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Victoria Dutchman-Smith
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
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Terese Marie Mailhot
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
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Roxane Gay
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