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• Civil Rights Queen

  Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

  Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 37 Words

  Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination

  Boschert, Sherry,

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  Explore the gripping history of Title IX - the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs.

• Brave Hearted

  the Women of the American West 1836-1880

  Hickman, Katie,

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  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,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Agatha Christie

  An Elusive Woman

  Worsley, Lucy,

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  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.

• In on the Joke

  the Original Queens of Stand-up Comedy

  Levy, Shawn,

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  Who says woman can't be funny?

• Power Hungry

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

  Cope, Suzanne, 1978-

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  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.

• The Devil's Half Acre

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

  Green, Kristen (Journalist),

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  Learn how one woman transformed a notoriously cruel slave jail into one of the country's first HBCUs, that is still open today.

• Proving Ground

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

  Kleiman, Kathy,

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  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.

• Diamonds and Deadlines

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

  Prioleau, Betsy, 1942-

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  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.