Biographies

The civil wars of Julia Ward Howe: a biography. E. Showalter. 2016. New BIOG HOWE

Eleanor and Hick: the love affair that shaped a first lady. S. Quinn. 2016. New BIOG ROOSEVELT

Elizabeth Bishop: a miracle for breakfast. M. Marshall. 2017. New BIOG BISHOP

CELEBRATE Not pretty enough: the unlikely triumph of Helen Gurley Brown. G. Hirshey. 2016. New BIOG BROWN WOMEN’S HISTORY Rejected princesses: tales of history’s boldest heroines, hellions, and MONTH heretics. J. Porath. 2016. New 920.72 POR

Selections from the Adult Collection A warrior of the people: how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and Compiled by Archana Chiplunkar gender inequality to become America’s first Indian doctor. March 2017 J. Starita. 2016. New BIOG PICOTTE

The women who made New York. J. Scelfo. 2016. New 974.7 SCE

When nobody was watching: my hard-fought journey to the top of the soccer world. C. Lloyd. 2016. New BIOG LLOYD

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Dust bowl girls: the inspiring story of the team that barnstormed its way to basketball glory. L. Reeder. 2017. New 796.323 REE

First women: the grace and power of America’s modern first ladies. K. Brower. 2016. New 973.099 BRO

Game changers: the unsung heroines of sports history. M. Schiot. 2016. New 796.092 SCH

Gunpowder girls: the true stories of three Civil War tragedies. T. Anderson. 2016. New 338.4 AND

A few women inducted into the Hall of Fame Les Parisiennes: how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under are included in this booklist Nazi occupation. A. Sebba. 2016. New 940.53 SEB

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Leadership Women’s Rights

Broad influence: how women are changing the way America works. Because of sex: one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed J. Newton-Small. 2016. New 320.082 NEW American women’s lives at work. G. Thomas. 2016. New 344.7301 THO Glass universe: how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars. D. Sobel. 2016. New 522.197 SOB Headscarves and hymens: why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution. M. Eltahawy. 2015. 323.34 ELT The highest glass ceiling: women’s quest for the American presidency. E. Fitzpatrick. 2016. New 320.082 FIT · Anna Quindlen ·

Rise of the rocket girls: the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Work and Careers moon to Mars. N. Holt. 2016. New 629.4072 HOL Breaking through bias: communication techniques for women to Martha Stewart · Maud Dahme · Connie Chung succeed at work. A.S. Kramer & A. B. Harris. 2016. New 650.13 KRA Reference Drop the ball: achieving more by doing less. T. Dufu. 2017 American first ladies: their lives and their legacy. REF 923. 1 AME New BIOG DUFU

The encyclopedia of Amazons: women warriors from antiquity Own it: the power of women at work. S. Krewcheck. 2017. to the modern era. J. A. Salmonson. REF 355.0082 SAL New 303.34 KRA

Jewish women in America: an historical encyclopedia. Unfinished business: women men work family. A. Slaughter. 2015. REF 920.72 JEW 305.42 SLA

Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia. (17 vols.) Christie Rampone · Bobbi Brown · Carla Harris REF 920.72 WOM Media

Queen Latifah · Connie Francis · Alice Guy Blaché Equal means equal: the definitive documentary film on the status of Social Aspects women in America. 2016. DVD 305.42 EQU

All the single ladies: unmarried women and the rise of an independent Makers: women who make America. PBS. 2013. nation. R. Traister. 2016. New 306.8153 TRA DVD 305.4097 MAK

Bloomer girls: women baseball pioneers. D. A. Shattuck. 2016. Makers (Vol. 2): women in war, space, comedy, business, Hollywood, New 796.357 SHA politics. PBS. 2014. DVD 305.4 MAK

Everyday sexism. L. Bates. 2016. New 305.42 BAT She’s beautiful when she’s angry. DVD. 2016. DVD 305.42 SHE Fastpitch: the untold history of softball and the women who made the game. E. Westly. 2016. New 796.3578 WES The story of women and power. 2015. DVD 324.623 STO

Excellent daughters: the secret lives of young women who are Women of ‘69 unboxed. 2014. DVD 305.42 WOM transforming the Arab world. K. Zoepf. 2016. New 305.4209 ZOE