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• Unbowed

  a Memoir

  Maathai, Wangari

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  (Wangari Maathai - First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize) Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya.

• Every Day Is a Gift

  a Memoir

  Duckworth, Tammy,

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  (Senator Tammy Duckworth - First Thai-American and openly disabled Congresswoman) In November of 2004, an Iraqi RPG blew through the cockpit of Tammy Duckworth's U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The explosion, which destroyed her legs and mangled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Discovery of Jeanne Baret

  a Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

  Ridley, Glynis

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  (Jeanne Baret - First woman to circumnavigate the globe) The central character of this true story is Jeanne Baret herself, a working-class woman whose scientific contributions were quietly dismissed and written out of history--until now. Anchored in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Queen of Sugar Hill

  a Novel of Hattie McDaniel

  Billingsley, ReShonda Tate,

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  (Hattie McDaniel - First Black woman Oscar winner) Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood's most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars--and the first Black person ever…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Personal History

  Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001

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  (Katharine Graham - First woman Fortune 500 C.E.O.) An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women -- a book that is, as its title suggests, composed of both personal memoir and history. Her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hypatia of Alexandria

  Dzielska, Maria

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  (Hypatia of Alexandria - First documented woman mathematician) Hypatia - mathematician, Neoplatonist and renowned beauty - was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. This volume searches behind the legend to provide a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings

  Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938

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  (Zitkála-Šá - First writer of a Native opera) Tapping her troubled personal history, Zitkála-Šá created stories that illuminate the tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative prose laced with political savvy, she forces…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lovely One

  a Memoir

  Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970-

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  (Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - First Black woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice) In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.

• Redefining Realness

  My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

  Mock, Janet, 1983-

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  (Janet Mock - First transgender woman of color to write and direct a television episode) In 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she publicly stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Since then, Mock has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rita Moreno

  a Memoir

  Moreno, Rita

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  (Rita Moreno - First Latina woman PEGOT: Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award winner) In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend.

• Indira Gandhi

  An Intimate Biography

  Jayakar, Pupul

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  (Indira Gandhi - First and only woman Prime Minister of India) This unique, intimate biography of one of the first women heads of state in modern history shows Indira growing from the shy daughter of the great Jawaharlal Nehru to the accomplished…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Play Big

  Welter, Jen,

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  (Dr. Jen Welter - First woman NFL coach) When Jen Welter became a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2015, she was the first woman to ever break the glass sideline of the NFL. In Play Big , Welter reveals the grit that it took to be a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Empress

  Shan, Sa, 1972-

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  (Empress Wu Zetian - First and only Chinese empress) A ravishing historical novel of one of China's most controversial historical figures: its first and only female emperor, Empress Wu, who emerged in the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age.

• Sister Outsider

  Lorde, Audre,

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  (Audre Lorde - First openly queer & Black woman New York State Poet Laureate) In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Tenth Muse

  Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz

  Royer, Fanchon

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  (Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz - first published feminist of the New World) - The Tenth Muse is a biography written by Fanchon Royer about the life of Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, a 17th-century Mexican nun, poet, and scholar. The book delves into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation