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Lynnfield Public Library Share Adult, YA, And Children’s Biographies For Women’s History Month
March is Women's History Month, a time to commemorate women's vital contributions and roles throughout history.
March 5, 2021
March is Women’s History Month, a time to commemorate women’s vital contributions and roles throughout history. To celebrate, we’ve collected over 30 biographies and memoirs by women and about women for adults, young adults, and children.
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Adult Books
The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende
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The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion by Tracy Daugherty
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Read Joan Didion’s work here.
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lord by Alexis De Veaux
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Read Audre Lorde’s work here.
Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster
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Read Ida B. Wells’ work here.
Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
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Read Joy Harjo’s work here.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
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Looking for Lorraine: A Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry
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Read Lorraine Hansberry’s work here.
Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Young Adult Books
Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life by Winifred Conkling
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Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings
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Queens of the Resistance: Alexandra Ocasio Cortez by Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman
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Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business – and Won! by Emily Arnold McCully
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Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman with Blythe Lawrence
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Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers by Anna M. Lewis
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The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef
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Renegade Women in Film & TV by Elizabeth Weitzman
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Children’s Books
A Passion for Elephants: The Real Life Adventure of Field Scientist Cynthia Moss by Toni Buzzeo
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A Girl Named Rosita: The Story of Rita Moreno: Actor, Singer, Dancer, Trailblazer! by Anika Aldamuy Denisa
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There Goes Patti McGee! The Story of the First Women’s National Skateboard Champion by Tootie Nienow
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Molly, by Golly! The Legend of Molly Williams, America’s First Female Firefighter by Dianne Ochiltree
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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for American with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel
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Fly, Girl, Fly!: Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World by Nancy Roe Pimm
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Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport
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Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid
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Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson
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She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown
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Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief with Rosemary Wells
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