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Women's History Month March 2021
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Wonder women : 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history
by Sam Maggs
The best-selling author of The Fangirl¡s Guide to the Galaxy presents a fun and feminist look at the brilliant, brainy and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers and inventors, along with interviews with real-life women in STEM careers.
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When women ruled the world : six queens of Egypt
by Kara Cooney
A professor of Egyptology at UCLA explores the lives of the queens of Egypt, including Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra who transcended traditional patriarchal obstacles and describes what the modern world can learn from example.
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Queen Victoria's matchmaking : the royal marriages that shaped Europe
by Deborah Cadbury
Set against a backdrop of the glittering palaces of late-19th-century Russia and Europe, an exploration of Queen Victoria's efforts to maintain and increase British royal power by arranging her grandchildren's political marriages also examines the conflicts that ensued when her family members did not agree with her choices.
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Girl squads : 20 female friendships that changed history
by Sam Maggs
In this entertaining and enlightening book, a geek girl takes us on a tour of famous girl best friends from history, art, science, politics, activism and sports who stuck together through thick and thin to change the world.
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Empress : the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan
by Ruby Lal
The historian author of Coming of Age in Nineteenth Century India presents a deeply researched portrait of the 17th-century Mughal Empire ruler that illuminates her genius as a designer, architect, politician, hunter and partner
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A Black Women's History of the United States
by Daina Ramey Berry
Centering around Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the US to African American women of today. Original.
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