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History Books About Powerful Women

History books about women who have exercised pivotal political influence throughout history, whether as rulers or activists.
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Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa (Nwando Achebe)
Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa
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Nwando Achebe
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War
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Svetlana Alexievich
Nellie Taft: First Lady of the Jazz Age (Carl Anthony)
Nellie Taft: First Lady of the Jazz Age
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Carl Anthony
Florence Harding (Carl Sferrazza Anthony)
Florence Harding
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Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Searching for Life: The Grandmothers of the Plaza De Mayo and the Disappeared Children of Argentina (Rita Arditti)
Searching for Life: The Grandmothers of the Plaza De Mayo and the Disappeared Children of Argentina
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Rita Arditti
Rise Up, Women! (Diane Atkinson)
Rise Up, Women!
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Diane Atkinson
Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire (Julia Baird)
Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
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Julia Baird
The Firebrand and the First Lady (Patricia Bell-Scott)
The Firebrand and the First Lady
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Patricia Bell-Scott
Until I Am Free (Keisha N. Blain)
Until I Am Free
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Keisha N. Blain
Madam Secretary: A Biography of Madeleine Albright (Thomas Blood)
Madam Secretary: A Biography of Madeleine Albright
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Thomas Blood
Elizabeth's Women (Tracy Borman)
Elizabeth's Women
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Tracy Borman
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (Sarah Bradford)
Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy
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Sarah Bradford
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women (Nancy Marie Brown)
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women
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Nancy Marie Brown
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Metoo Movement (Tarana Burke)
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Metoo Movement
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Tarana Burke
Notorious RBG (Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik)
Notorious RBG
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Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
She Wolves (Helen Castor)
She Wolves
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Helen Castor
Joan of Arc: A History (Helen Castor)
Joan of Arc: A History
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Helen Castor
Empress Dowager Cixi (Jung Chang)
Empress Dowager Cixi
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Jung Chang
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life (Catherine Clinton)
Mrs. Lincoln: A Life
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Catherine Clinton
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
Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Helene Cooper)
Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Helene Cooper
Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency and Justice (Jessica Trisko Darden and Izabela Steflja)
Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency and Justice
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Jessica Trisko Darden and Izabela Steflja
American Queenmaker: How Missy Meloney Brought Women Into Politics (Julie Des Jardins)
American Queenmaker: How Missy Meloney Brought Women Into Politics
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Julie Des Jardins
Isabella: The Warrior Queen (Kirstin Downey)
Isabella: The Warrior Queen
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Kirstin Downey
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (Jane Dunn)
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
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Jane Dunn
Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran (Shirin Ebadi)
Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
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Shirin Ebadi
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg (Kate Evans Paul Buhle)
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg
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Kate Evans Paul Buhle
Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of Ind
Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of Ind
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Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi (Katherine Frank)
Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi
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Katherine Frank
The Warrior Queens (Antonia Fraser)
The Warrior Queens
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Antonia Fraser
Mary Queen of Scots (Antonia Fraser)
Mary Queen of Scots
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Antonia Fraser
Catherine De Medici: Renaissance Queen of France (Leonie Frieda)
Catherine De Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
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Leonie Frieda
Valkyrie; the Women of the Viking World (Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir)
Valkyrie; the Women of the Viking World
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Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
The Secretary (Kim Ghattas)
The Secretary
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Kim Ghattas
A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Mary Ann Glendon)
A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Mary Ann Glendon
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe (Nancy Goldstone)
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
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Nancy Goldstone
Game of Queens (Sarah Gristwood)
Game of Queens
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Sarah Gristwood
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (Rebecca Hall)
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
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Rebecca Hall
Women of Intelligence: Winning the Second World War With Air Photos (Christine Halsall)
Women of Intelligence: Winning the Second World War With Air Photos
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Christine Halsall
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments (Saidiya Hartman)
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
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Saidiya Hartman
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