15 Books for Women’s History Month

by Annabelle Hirsch ; translated by Eleanor Updegraff

Filled with illuminating anecdotes, the collection is as entertaining as it is informative. Full review >

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by Francesca Peacock

A sensitive, nuanced biography of an idiosyncratic woman. Full review >

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by Liza Mundy

Another winner from Mundy, who tells a story that deserves to be told about women who deserve to be remembered. Full review >

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by Laura Flam & Emily Sieu Liebowitz

A fast-paced, welcome celebration of groups that have been “at risk of erasure from the canon of pop music history.” Full review >

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edited by Sandra Guzmán

A fresh, indispensable look at the wide, multicultural world of Latine women writers. Full review >

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by Cat Bohannon

Prodigious research informs a spirited history of humanity. Full review >

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by Leah Broad

A stellar work of social and music history sprinkled with emotional dashes of love, sex, and politics. Full review >

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by Lena Andrews

An invaluable addition to our knowledge of the Allied victory. Full review >

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by Katy Hessel

An overdue upending of art historical discourse. Full review >

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by Leah Redmond Chang

A delightful historical study of women coming to the forefront in a world dominated by men. Full review >

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by Brooke Kroeger

A tour de force that should be in every library and school in the country. Full review >

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by Melissa L. Sevigny

A beautiful tribute to two pioneering women of science. Full review >

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by Marjane Satrapi ; translated by Una Dimitrijević

An impassioned message of rage and hope. Full review >

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by Katherine Turk

A thoroughly researched and well-balanced history. Full review >

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by J.C. Hallman

A staggeringly researched book that serves as an indictment of Sims’ hubris and an homage to Anarcha. Full review >

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