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Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
by Philippa Gregory
Drawing on an enormous archive of primary and secondary sources to rewrite history, focusing on the agency, persistence and effectiveness of everyday women throughout periods of social and cultural transition, the #1 New York Times best-selling historical novelist redefines "normal" female behavior to include heroism, rebellion, crime, treason, money-making and sainthood.
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World
by Kate Mosse
Telling the stories of female inventors and scientists, philanthropists and conservationists, authors and campaigners, this accessible nonfiction narrative with a genuinely diverse, truly global perspective shows how and why women's achievements have routinely been omitted from the history books.
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Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II
by Lena S. Andrews
In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen that reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of combat in the war and illustrates important realities about modern warfighting.
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The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
by Liza Mundy
In this thrilling new perspective on history, the New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls turns her attention the women of the CIA who fought to become operatives, transformed spy craft and provided the data analysis that helped track down Bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.
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The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts
by Loren Grush
Tells the extraordinary true story of America's first women astronauts who made history in 1978 when they were selected to go into orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle, each of them making their mark as they helped build the tools that made the space program run.
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The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop
by Clover Hope
Accompanied by vibrant illustrations, this book profiles more than 100 women in rap, including pioneers like Roxanne Shante, and game changers like Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott, who have helped shape the genre and eschewed gender norms in the process.
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Wisdom of Wildly Creative Women: Real Stories from Inspirational, Artistic, and Empowered Women
by Angela Lomenzo
Collected biographical sketches of 25 women whose careers span the well-known creative fields of art, writing, design, music, acting, photography, hairdressing and makeup artistry, to fields not traditionally thought of as artistic or creative, such as technology, podcasting and yoga. In short, impactful chapters, these women discuss how their various experiences of accidents, illness, addiction, abuse and neglect fueled their ambition and success.
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The Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier
by Chris Enss
A glimpse into the fascinating lives of 10 female physicians of the Old West, including the first female surgeon of Texas, the first female doctor to be convicted of manslaughter in an abortion-related maternal death, and the first woman physician to serve on a State Board of Health. The author's other works include Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Cowgirls of Rodeos and Wild West Shows and An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos.
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Breaking Through: My Life in Science
by Katalin Karikó
In this gripping testament to perseverance and the power of conviction, the pioneering Hungarian American biochemist recounts her 30-year investigation into messenger RNA (mRNA) that led to the creation of vaccines that protected millions of people from the direst consequences of COVID-19.
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Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
by Rebecca Boggs Roberts
This nuanced portrait of one of American history's most influential, complicated women, who, in 1919, became the first acting woman president, takes an unflinching look at Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, whose personal quest for influence reshaped the position of First Lady into one of political prominence forever.
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Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
by Amy Stanley
A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo-the city that would become Tokyo-and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West.
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Polite Society (2023)PG-13 Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
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Past Lives (2023)PG-13 | Available to stream on Kanopy! 2024 Oscar Best Picture & Original Screenplay Nominee
Two childhood sweethearts, after decades apart, are reunited for one fateful week in New York as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life in this heartrending modern romance from filmmaker Celine Song.
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A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
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Diana Ross portrays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this biographical drama that chronicles her troubled life and career.
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Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)PG-13 | Available to stream on Kanopy! From director Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice), comes a musically and visually rich coming of age story set in the Hibike! Euphonium universe. When their school band is assigned to play a piece based on a German fairy tale called "Liz and the Blue Bird", two best friends, an oboe and a flute player, grow apprehensive as they prepare to graduate and separate from each other just like the characters of the fairy tale.
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Despite a political rivalry between their families, Kena and Ziki resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
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Greta Gerwig stars in this modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption.
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The essential memoir of fashion pioneer Bethann Hardison, "Invisible Beauty" shines a spotlight on the singular and unapologetic Hardison, one of the fasion industry's most influential icons. Hardison and her co-director Frédéric Tcheng set forth an absorbing record of the racial evolution of fashion and an original contemplation on the life of an unparalleled trailblazer.
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Sisters with Transistors (2020)NR | Available to stream on Kanopy! Follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
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Documents a decaying East Hampton mansion inhabited by two recluses, Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter Edie Beale (aunt and cousin of Jackie Onassis), and shows the eccentricity of their personalities. The Beales of Grey Gardens re-visits the original documentary with never-before-seen footage.
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Anonymous Club (2022)NR | Available to stream on Kanopy!Chronicles notoriously shy, Melbourne-based musician Courtney Barnett's ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Featuring Barnett's unguarded narration from her audio diary, recorded on a dictaphone provided by filmmaker Danny Cohen, the film delivers frank and unprecedented insight into Barnett's creative process, the sacrifices and inner conflicts set in motion by fame, and the sometimes dark backdrop to her whimsical, relatably poetic compositions.
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Beaches of Agnès (2008)NR | Available to stream on Kanopy! Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda’s self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
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