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History Becomes HERstory

Commemorate Women's History Month by learning more about some of the incredible people who helped shape our world.

Alameda County Library

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  • Civil Rights Queen

    Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

    Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-
    This illuminating biography brings to life Constance Baker Motley - the first black woman elected to the state Senate in New York, the first woman elected Manhattan Borough President, and the first black woman appointed to the federal…
    BookNew York : Pantheon Books, [2022] — B MOTLEY,C
  • 37 Words

    Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination

    Boschert, Sherry,
    Explore the gripping history of Title IX - the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs.
    BookNew York : The New Press, 2022 — 344.73079 BOSCHERT
  • Brave Hearted

    the Women of the American West 1836-1880

    Hickman, Katie,
    Find out what life in the American Frontier was really like for the women who were there. This book draws from over 800 letters, diaries, and personal memoirs of women from all walks of life and gives their perspectives on the Indian Wars,…
    BookNew York : Spiegel & Grau, [2022] — 978.02 HICKMAN
  • What do you know about one of the world's most prolific mystery writers? Get to know the real woman behind some of literature's greatest sleuths.
    BookNew York : Pegasus Crime, 2022 — B CHRISTIE,A
  • In on the Joke

    the Original Queens of Stand-up Comedy

    Levy, Shawn,
    Who says woman can't be funny?
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2022] — 792.76028 LEVY
  • Power Hungry

    Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement

    Cope, Suzanne, 1978-
    Learn how two women used food - a sphere traditionally associated with women - as a political weapon during the Civil Rights Movement to garner influence and power.
    BookChicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022] — 323.0922 COPE
  • The Devil's Half Acre

    the Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

    Green, Kristen (Journalist),
    Learn how one woman transformed a notoriously cruel slave jail into one of the country's first HBCUs, that is still open today.
    BookNew York : Seal Press, 2022 — B LUMPKIN,M
  • Proving Ground

    the Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer

    Kleiman, Kathy,
    As tech companies continue to struggle with gender inequality, this necessary history sheds light on the overlooked women who played an integral role in the foundations of computer programming.
    BookNew York : Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, 2022 — 004.0922 KLEIMAN
  • Diamonds and Deadlines

    a Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

    Prioleau, Betsy, 1942-
    We all know the names Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Rockefeller, but who was Miriam Leslie? Get the inside scoop on this oft-forgotten, but no less remarkable, Gilded Age publishing tycoon in this fascinating biography.
    BookNew York, NY : Abrams Press, 2022 — B LESLIE,F