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64 Top Nonfiction Books to Read for Women's History Month

"March is Women's History Month, dedicated to the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

Below, we've selected 64 books, published within the last ten years, that dig deep into the topic. We've divided the collection into two broad categories. First is Histories and Biographies; second is Memoirs and Autobiographies.

In addition to the deep and invaluable historical overviews, we've got specific studies on writers and thinkers, queens and spies, funny ladies and female pharaohs, first ladies and Supreme Court justices. We've also got your Rocket Girls, Radium Girls, Fly Girls, and Code Girls."
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The Three Mothers (Anna Malaika Tubbs)
The Three Mothers
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Anna Malaika Tubbs
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos (Judy Batalion)
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
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Judy Batalion
A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
A Black Women's History of the United States
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Daina Ramey Berry
The Woman They Could Not Silence (Kate Moore)
The Woman They Could Not Silence
4
Kate Moore
Madame Fourcade's Secret War (Lynne Olson)
Madame Fourcade's Secret War
5
Lynne Olson
The Five (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five
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Hallie Rubenhold
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Sonia Purnell)
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
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Sonia Purnell
999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz (Heather Dune Macadam)
999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
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Heather Dune Macadam
Agent Sonya (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Sonya
9
Ben Macintyre
Code Name Lise (Larry Lofts)
Code Name Lise
10
Larry Lofts
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine (Janice P. Nimura)
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
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Janice P. Nimura
Come Fly the World (Julia Cooke)
Come Fly the World
12
Julia Cooke
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly Laura Freeman)
Hidden Figures
13
Margot Lee Shetterly Laura Freeman
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik)
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
14
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
The Romanov Sisters (Helen Rapparport)
The Romanov Sisters
15
Helen Rapparport
The Witches (Stacy Schiff)
The Witches
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Stacy Schiff
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II (Denise Kiernan)
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
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Denise Kiernan
Code Girls (Liza Mundy)
Code Girls
18
Liza Mundy
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War (Karen Abbott)
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
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Karen Abbott
Prairie Fires (Caroline Fraser)
Prairie Fires
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Caroline Fraser
Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird)
Victoria: The Queen
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Julia Baird
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail (Ben Montgomery)
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
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Ben Montgomery
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt (Kara Cooney)
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
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Kara Cooney
Romantic Outlaws (Charlotte Gordon)
Romantic Outlaws
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Charlotte Gordon
The Lady From the Black Lagoon (Mallory O'Meara)
The Lady From the Black Lagoon
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Mallory O'Meara
Fly Girls (Keith O'Brien)
Fly Girls
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Keith O'Brien
First (Evan Thomas)
First
27
Evan Thomas
The Woman's Hour (Elaine Weiss)
The Woman's Hour
28
Elaine Weiss
The Radium Girls (Kate Moore)
The Radium Girls
29
Kate Moore
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography (Lucy Worsley)
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
30
Lucy Worsley
Rise of the Rocket Girls (Nathalia Holt)
Rise of the Rocket Girls
31
Nathalia Holt
Vanguard (Martha S. Jones)
Vanguard
32
Martha S. Jones
All the Single Ladies (Rebecca Traister)
All the Single Ladies
33
Rebecca Traister
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (Ruth Franklin)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
34
Ruth Franklin
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt (Kara Cooney)
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
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Kara Cooney
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Jeanne Theoharis)
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
36
Jeanne Theoharis
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
37
Tara Westover
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
38
Cheryl Strayed
Untamed (Glennon Doyle)
Untamed
39
Glennon Doyle
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Jenny Lawson)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
40
Jenny Lawson
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