with both German and French translations. Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa. (1928) Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A major text in social anthropology; a study of (1852) adolescent girls in a noncompetitive, permissive A novel which changed the course of American Jackson Library culture. history and helped lead to the Civil War; fea- tures characters whose names became part of Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. (1936) the language. Historical novel depicting the years of the Civil G REAT BOOKS BY War and Reconstruction from a Southern point Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August. of view. (1962) G REAT WOMEN Historical account of the first month of the First Morrison, Toni. Beloved. (1987) World War. Novel about a woman who is an escaped slave, set in Ohio in the years following the Civil War; Undset. Sigrid. Kristin Lavransdatter. the author won the Nobel Prize for literature. (1920-1922) Trilogy set in medieval Norway by the winner of Murasaki, Lady Shikibu. The Tale of Genji. (c. the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. 1000) World’s first novel; great work of Japanese lit- Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. (1983) Great Books by erature. Winner of the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, novel explores relation- Great Women O’Connor, Flannery. Everything That Rises ships, change, and ultimately the triumph of Must Converge. (1965) black women. An encounter on a bus reflects different views on race issues and social class in the South. Welty, Eudora. Collected Stories. (1980) This collection helped establish Welty's reputa- Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. (1963) tion as more than a regional writer. Fifty Selections in Honor of Semi-autobiographical novel about a creative Women’s History Month young woman who suffers a mental breakdown Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. (1920) and her tentative recovery. Satirical picture of social life in New York during the 1870’s; winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. Potter, Beatrix. Tale of Peter Rabbit. (1902) Stories for children by an English writer and Wheatley, Phyllis. Poems on Various illustrator. Subjects. (1773) Poetry by a slave, the first important African- Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. (1943) American writer. Russian-born novelist who became an Ameri- Walter Clinton Jackson Library can citizen depicts an architect whose genius Wollstonecraft, Mary. Vindication of the Rights UNC Greensboro prevails over social conformity. of Women. (1792) P.O. Box 26175 First great feminist manifesto in English. Greensboro, NC 27402-6175 Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. (1818) Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. (1925) A young student animates a monster and suf- Stream of consciousness novel depicting one fers the ensuing retribution; one of the most day in the life of a middle-aged English society popular gothic novels. woman. Silko. Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. (1977) One of the first great Native American novels, The following list is by its nature Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House. preservation of the earth. two years in hiding during the Nazi occupation subjective. A committee of Jack- (1910) of the Netherlands. son Library faculty and staff consid- Autobiography of social reformer, suffragette, Cather, Willa. My Antonia. (1918) ered nominations solicited from the and pacifist – winner of Nobel Peace Prize in Lucid depiction of the life of Bohemian immi- Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. (1963) University and the community, a 1931. grants and other settlers on the frontier farm- Key work of 60’s feminism; ushered in a new process which produced over 125 lands of Nebraska. consciousness and activism on the part of nominations. We wish to thank Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women, or Meg, Jo, women around the world. Beth, and Amy. (1868) Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. (1899) everyone who submitted a nomina- An important book in American women’s his- Controversial tale of extramarital love and a Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow tion, a group which included UNCG tory; influenced generations of young girls to woman’s search for self-understanding. Wallpaper. (1890) faculty, staff, students, Friends of think for themselves. Semi-autobiographical book by feminist and the Library and community mem- Christie, Agatha. Murder on the Orient Express. social reformer. bers from Greensboro and beyond. Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird (1933) Sings. (1969) Hercule Poirot solves a complex murder on a Goldman, Emma. Living My Life. (1931) Among the deciding factors in our Autobiographical book that celebrates in the train trip across Europe. Autobiography of Russian-born American anar- final selections were literary merit, African American experience the capacity to chist jailed repeatedly for her advocacy of birth the historical significance and grow and triumph over adversity. Curie, Marie. Radioactive Substances.(1910) control and opposition to military conscription. prominence of the author, and the Fundamental treatise on radioactivity by the historical impact of the book. An Anthony, Susan B., et al. History of Woman Nobel Prize winner for chemistry in 1911. Goodwin, Doris Kearns. No Ordinary Time. effort was made to provide repre- Suffrage. (1881-1922) (1994) sentation from a variety of time pe- A six-volume work that documents the struggle De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex. (1949, Eloquent historical and biographical treatment riods, genres, disciplines and for women’s suffrage 1881-1920, authored by tr. 1953) of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. themes. In several cases, the the great advocate for women’s suffrage and A thorough analysis of women’s secondary others. status in society. Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watch- committee found it difficult to se- ing God. (1937) lect a particular work by a given Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. (1813) Dickinson, Emily. Poems. (1890) Written by a significant writer of the Harlem author, but each author is repre- Nineteenth century domestic romance which Terse, aphoristic poems by 19th century New Renaissance; considered by some to be the sented only once. focuses on contemporary notions of courtship England poet. first black feminist novel of the 20th century. and marriage. The purpose of this list is not to Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. (1974) Jong, Erica. Fear of Flying. (1973) classify and rank a limited number Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. (1847) Theological and philosophical observations A comic novel of sex and psychiatry that chal- of books by women as great, nor is Novel which, in its hero and heroine, introduced based on the contemplation of nature. lenged conventional views of women. it to exclude many additional works two types new to English fiction: the shy, in- of merit. It is intended to stimulate tense orphan/governess and the rough and Dinesen, Isak. Out of Africa. (1937) Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. (1902) interest in books written by women moody Mr. Rochester. Danish woman’s experiences on a coffee planta- Deaf and blind woman’s life story is a testimony and to encourage readers to read tion in British East Africa. to the power of the human spirit. them. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. (1847) Passionate love-story set on the moors of West Eddy, Mary Baker. Science and Health with Key Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. (1960) Enjoy. England; a work of genius and mysticism. to the Scriptures. (1875) A young woman’s accusation rocks a small Seminal work by the founder of the Christian Southern town during the Depression. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Science movement. Portuguese.(1850) L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. (1962) A sequence of love poems addressed to her Eliot, George. Middlemarch. (1871-72) Powerful science fiction literature for children husband and fellow poet Robert Browning. Considered not only Eliot’s finest work but also from an American philosopher and mystic. th one of the greatest novels to come out of 19 - Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth. (1931) century England; the story of the idealistic McCullers, Carson. The Member of the Wed- Window on Chinese culture. Dorothea Brooke. ding. (1946) The issues of isolation and loneliness are Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. (1962) Frank, Anne. Diary of a Young Girl. (1947) viewed from the perspective of a twelve-year- Science as personal; an argument for the Diary of a young Jewish girl whose family spent old girl growing up in 1945 Georgia. .