Topical/Women's History
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Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World
$16.99 Add to cartA collection of charmingly illustrated and inspiring profiles of fifty pioneering female artists, from the eleventh century to today–by the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science
“A be… [more below]- Series: Women in Science
- Author: Ignotofsky, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 10, 2019
- ISBN10: 0399580433
- Language: English
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Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
$21.99 Add to cartThe story of the Salem Witch Trials told through the lives of six women
Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate th- Author: Roach, Marilynne K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 0306821206
- Language: English
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How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
$28.95 Add to cartAn alternative history of the Renaissance–as seen through the emerging literature of beauty tips–focusing on the actresses, authors, and courtesans who rebelled against the misogyny of their era.
Be- Author: Burke, Jill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365907
- Language: English
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Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
$17.99 Add to cartGlamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted up
Required to have a college degree, speak two lan… [more below]
- Author: Cooke, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0358699185
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Female Body: An Evolutionary Look at How and Why the Female Form Came to Be
$18.99 Read moreFrom breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause–A Brief History of the Female Body is a fascinating science book explaining the mysteries of the female body through an evolutionary le
- Author: Emera, Deena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1728275156
- Language: English
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Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women’s) Game
$29.00 Read more“In vibrant color and style, Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and tradition of our game.” –Sue Bird, WNBA legend
Hoops Muses is an homage to the game, bringing style and- Author: Augustus, Seimone
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 1538709147
- Language: English
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Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World
$16.95 Add to cartSister of Caligula. Wife of Claudius. Mother of Nero. The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty–and of Rome itself, at i… [more below]
- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1643136100
- Language: English
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Top Billin’: Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph
$29.99 Read moreFrom the MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian, and actor, a hilariously candid memoir that is an intimate, entertaining, and heartfelt tour through the exclusive, elusive, and eternally iconic world of
- Author: Bellamy, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063237628
- Language: English
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Drinking Like Ladies: 75 Modern Cocktails from the World’s Leading Female Bartenders; Includes Toasts to Extraordinary Women in History
$24.99 Add to cartDrinking Like Ladies is dedicated to the proposition that a woman’s place is behind the bar. . . or in front of it. . . or really any place she pleases.
Acclaimed bartenders Kirsten Amann and Misty K- Author: Kalkofen, Misty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 19 2018
- ISBN10: 1631594184
- Language: English
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
$32.00 Add to cart“Enlightening, nuanced, and honest.”–Lisa See
Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, th- Author: Salisbury, Katie Gee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 12, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593183983
- Language: English
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Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
$28.99 Read moreNATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNER
The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible rescue attempt that followed, and the fraught cost of survival
In 2018,
- Author: Wejchert, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0063085526
- Language: English
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Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
$20.00 Add to cartA trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health–from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases–brought together in a fascinating sweeping… [more below]
- Author: Cleghorn, Elinor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 7, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593182979
- Language: English
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Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer
$28.99 Add to cartINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From FOX News anchor and author Harris Faulkner comes a collection of powerful, true-life stories of resilience, healing, rescue, and protection.
We need reminders
- Author: Faulkner, Harris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 006322593X
- Language: English
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The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad
$18.99 Read moreFor fans of Margot Lee Shetterley and Liza Mundy comes an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who dedicated her entire life to the New York Police Department, upending the patriarchy and the status quo
- Author: Eder, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 172828337X
- Language: English
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Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open
$24.00 Add to cartThe story of the radical feminist networks who worked outside the law to defend abortion. Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists met regularly to study anatomy, practice pelvic exam… [more below]
- Author: Hume, Angela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: 14-Nov-23
- ISBN10: 1849355266
- Language: English
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The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
$21.99 Add to cartThis singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century.
The Women’s House of Dete- Author: Ryan, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1645036650
- Language: English
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
$16.99 Add to cartA memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body tha
- Author: Taussig, Rebekah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: 6-Jul-21
- ISBN10: 0062936808
- Language: English
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The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War
$24.99 Add to cartThe untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the
- Author: Katz, Catherine Grace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 035862794X
- Language: English
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Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
$25.99 Add to cartWomen were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in the church. But there is ample evidence right in the New Testament that women were actively involved
- Author: Gupta, Nijay K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1514000741
- Language: English
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Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
$32.00 Read moreA nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women’s suffrage and power
While this nation has yet to elect its first woman p- Author: Roberts, Rebecca Boggs
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593489993
- Language: English
