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Celebrating Women in American History 2023 |
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Newsroom confidential : lessons (and worries) from an ink-stained life
by Margaret Sullivan
072.92 SUL
A trusted champion and critic of the American news media recounts her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, taking us behind the scenes of the nations most influential news outlets to explore how Americans lost trust in the news and what it will take to regain it.
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Formidable : American women and the fight for equality: 1920-2020
by Elisabeth Griffith
305.42 GRI
In this riveting narrative, an activist and academic, integrating the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality, provides a sweeping, century-long perspective and an expansive cast of change agents, showing how the diversity of the women's movement mirrors America.
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A black women's history of the United States
by Daina Ramey Berry
305.48896 BER
Two award-winning history professors and authors focus on the stories of African-American women slaves, civilians, religious leaders, artists, queer icons, activists, and criminals in a celebration of black womanhood that demonstrates its indelible role in shaping America.
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Come Fly the World : The jet-age story of the women of Pan Am
by Julia Cook
387.742 COO
Documents the high standards once required of Pan Am stewardesses, from second-language fluency and a college education to youth and a trim figure, sharing the stories of remarkable, high-achieving women who served during the jet age.
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The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine
by Janice P. Nimura
610.92 NIM
The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male medical establishment and in 1849 she became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. But Elizabeth's story is incomplete without her often forgotten sister, Emily, the third woman in America to receive a medical degree.
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman
by Jill Lepore
741.5973 LEP
A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing on interviews and archival research to reveal the pivotal role of feminism in shaping her seven-decade story.
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Shine bright : a very personal history of black women in pop
by Danyel Smith
781.64 SMI
From one of the preeminent cultural critics of her generation, a radiant weave of memoir, criticism, and biography that tells the story of black women in music--from the Dixie Cups to Gladys Knight to Janet, Whitney, and Mariah--as the foundational story of American pop.
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Originals! : Black women breaking barriers
by Jessie Carney Smith
920.72 SMI
"Originals! profiles the lives and accomplishments of hundreds of African American women throughout history in fields including entertainment, business, education, religion, politics, literature and journalism, civil rights, nonprofit organizations, the military, and science and medicine."
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The Role of Female Doctors and Nurses in the Civil War
by Hallie Murray
973.775 MUR
The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history, and although many were uncomfortable with the idea of women interacting with soldiers, there simply weren't enough male doctors to meet the needs of the wounded. Women in both the Union and the Confederacy helped fill that need, and in the doing so, changed the course of American medical history. This book tells the story of many of these brave women, including Dorothea Dix, an advocate for the mentally ill and the superintendent of army nurses for the Union, and Clara Barton, a self-taught nurse who founded the Red Cross.
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Untold power : the fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
by Rebecca Boggs Roberts
973.91 ROB
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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Unbound : My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
by Tarana Burke
B BURKE
Unbound is the story of an inimitable woman's inner strength and perseverance, all in pursuit of bringing healing to her community and the world around her, but it is also a story of possibility, of empathy, of power, and of the leader we all have inside ourselves. In sharing her path toward healing and saying "me too," Tarana reaches out a hand to help us all on our own journeys.
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The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times
by Michelle Obama
B OBAMA
Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles--the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become."
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