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Flavorwire's 50 Great Books About 50 Inspiring Women

"There’s never a bad time to read about historically badass ladies, but since March is Women’s History Month, now is a particularly perfect moment to bust out your library card and take in some stories of women who’ve changed art, culture, and history as we know it. (Never mind that every month of the year should be as much Women’s History Month as it is Men’s History Month, but you get where this is going.) Here you’ll find 50 great biographies and autobiographies of famous, fascinating, and inspiring women from Frida Kahlo to Mina Loy to Marie Curie — only 50 of many such books, of course, so if you don’t see your favorite here, add it to the list in the comments."
--- Emily Temple, Flavorwire
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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Gertrude Stein
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (Frida Kahlo)
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
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Frida Kahlo
The Bronte Myth (Lucasta Miller)
The Bronte Myth
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Lucasta Miller
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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Harriet Jacobs
Janet Malcolm the Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
Janet Malcolm the Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
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Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
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Patti Smith
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Anne Frank
Girl in a Band (Kim Gordon)
Girl in a Band
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Kim Gordon
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Robert K. Massie)
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
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Robert K. Massie
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie (Lauren Redniss)
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie
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Lauren Redniss
The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lepore)
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
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Jill Lepore
Dorothy Parker: What the Fresh Hell Is This? (Marion Meade)
Dorothy Parker: What the Fresh Hell Is This?
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Marion Meade
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay (Nancy Milford)
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Nancy Milford
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
Cleopatra: A Life (Egypt)
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
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Joan Didion
By Myself and Then Some (Lauren Bacall)
By Myself and Then Some
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Lauren Bacall
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
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D.V. (Diana Vreeland)
D.V.
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Diana Vreeland
Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I (Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb)
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I
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Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb
Marilyn Monroe (Donald Spoto)
Marilyn Monroe
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Donald Spoto
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) (Stacy Schiff)
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov)
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Stacy Schiff
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Listle
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keefe by Laurie Listle
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Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life (Julia Briggs)
Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life
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Julia Briggs
Josephine: The Hungry Heart (Jean-Claude Baker and Chris Chase)
Josephine: The Hungry Heart
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Jean-Claude Baker and Chris Chase
Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft (Lyndall Gordon)
Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft
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Lyndall Gordon
Personal History
Personal History
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Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America (Elliot J. Gorn)
Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
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Elliot J. Gorn
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
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Tina Fey
Grace: A Memoir (Grace Coddington)
Grace: A Memoir
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Grace Coddington
Wrapped in Rainbows (Valerie Boyd)
Wrapped in Rainbows
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Valerie Boyd
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life (Joan D. Hedrick)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
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Joan D. Hedrick
Edith Wharton: A Life (Hermione Lee)
Edith Wharton: A Life
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Hermione Lee
Marie Antoinette: The Journey (Antonia Fraser)
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
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Antonia Fraser
Wendy and the Lost Boys (Julie Salamon)
Wendy and the Lost Boys
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Julie Salamon
Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol (Nell Irvin Painter)
Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol
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Nell Irvin Painter
American Rose (Karen Abbott)
American Rose
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Karen Abbott
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