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Amazing women, unexpected history
By Authors in Pajamas
By Authors in Pajamas
From forgotten warriors to seductive killers to a Gilded Age star reporter, the subjects of these women-focused works instruct and surprise.
Women Warriors: An Unexpected History
Pamela D. Toler
$17.00 $15.64Toler, a chronicler of "unexpected history," busts gender myths and uncovers amazing stories lost in footnotes. Book clubs please email [email protected]
Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America
Stephanie Gorton
$28.99 $26.67Woman reporter Ida Tarbell is just one part of this larger look at an important chapter in American journalistic history. Book clubs please contact [email protected]
Seducing and Killing Nazis, Volume 1: Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII
Sophie Poldermans
$28.50 $26.22The true story of three girls, two of them personally known by the author, who took up arms against Nazi officers--and suffered the consequences. Book clubs please email [email protected] Also note: the author lives in Europe, so book club meetings scheduled for morning and afternoon will be easier to arrange.
Women Win the Vote!: 19 for the 19th Amendment
Nancy B. Kennedy and Katy Dockrill
$19.95Nancy Kennedy wrote this book to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, intending it to be for middle graders--but adults find it illuminating, too! The author is willing to speak to readers of all ages. Book clubs please contact [email protected]
Copy Boy: A Jane Benjamin Novel
Shelley Blanton-Stroud
$16.95 $15.59"Raymond Chandler for feminists," this novel is set in depression-era San Francisco. Book clubs please contact [email protected]
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