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The Myth of Seneca Falls
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The Concise History of Woman Suffrage
by Mari Jo Buhle & Paul Buhle -
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All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900
by Martha S. Jones -
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
by Elaine Weiss -
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The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
by Alexander Keyssar
The best books on Women’s Suffrage, recommended by Susan Ware
The best books on Women’s Suffrage, recommended by Susan Ware
How many suffragists can you name? Feminist historian Susan Ware, author of a new history of the American women’s suffrage movement, urges us to remember how important suffrage was in the fight for women’s rights, on the cusp of its US centennial—and reveals the story of women getting the right to vote didn’t just begin at Seneca Falls.
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No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women
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The Solitude of Self: Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton
by Vivian Gornick -
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The Grounding of Modern Feminism
by Nancy Cott -
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Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the United States
by Premilla Nadasen -
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Dear Sisters: Dispatches from the Women's Liberation Movement
by Linda Gordon & Rosalyn Baxandall
The best books on Feminism, recommended by Kirsten Swinth
The best books on Feminism, recommended by Kirsten Swinth
The fight for women’s liberation and equality under patriarchy spans centuries of history, and is still being waged today—but what lessons can feminist movements like #MeToo learn from suffragettes and black feminist activists? Fordham historian Kirsten Swinth explores the best books on feminism, and makes a powerful case for modern feminists listening to early foremothers.
Katie Kitamura on Marriage (and Divorce) in Literature
Love and marriage may go together like a horse and carriage, but what happens when the horses are spooked and the whole procession is run off the road? Katie Kitamura, whose new novel A Separation charts the disastrous—and tragic—failure of a marriage, considers some of literature’s most heartfelt accounts of relationship failure
The best books on Ageing, recommended by Margaret Drabble
Is old age necessarily degrading? Should we leave home in our final years? Is there ever a good time to go? Novelist, biographer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble, now aged 80, discusses the difficult questions that arise as we age—and recommends five books that examine them in depth.
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Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All
by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober -
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A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter
by Claudia Goldin -
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Tempered Radicals
by Debra E Meyerson -
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Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman -
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Living Wages, Equal Wages: Gender and Labour Market Policies in the United States
by Deborah M. Figart and Ellen Mutari and Marilyn Power
The best books on Women and Work, recommended by Myra Strober
The best books on Women and Work, recommended by Myra Strober
Despite having slightly higher education levels, women working full-time in the US still only earn 79% of what men do. Stanford economist and author of Sharing the Work, Myra Strober, picks the best books—and one article—that explain the gender wage gap, and, more importantly, show us what we can do about it.
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The Memoirs Of Marguerite De Valois
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Why Not Say What Happened?: A Memoir
by Ivana Lowell -
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Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa
by Wendy Kann -
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The Mighty Queens of Freeville
by Amy Dickinson -
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
The best books on Memoirs of Dauntless Daughters, recommended by Nancy Goldstone
The best books on Memoirs of Dauntless Daughters, recommended by Nancy Goldstone
In her book The Rival Queens, historian Nancy Goldstone explored the destructive relationship between Marguerite de Valois and her mother Catherine de’ Medici. Here she chooses five different memoirs that best explore the emotionally complex dynamics that characterise mother-daughter relationships.
The Best Books about First Ladies, recommended by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
From the annexation of Texas to the UN’s Commission on Human Rights, first ladies have played a key role in the history of the United States. Historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony recommends five engaging books about the tumultuous lives of some of the country’s first ladies.