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History Is Female

A list of random books about women and/or by women, because there is no better way for me to learn about history than through their eyes.
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25 Chapters of My Life (Olga Alexandrovna)
25 Chapters of My Life
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Olga Alexandrovna
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
Abigail Adams: A Life (Woody Holton)
Abigail Adams: A Life
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Woody Holton
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age (James Essinger)
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
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James Essinger
Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist (Adrian Clifford Rice, Christopher Hollings, and Ur)
Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist
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Adrian Clifford Rice, Christopher Hollings, and Ur
African Women in the Atlantic World (Various)
African Women in the Atlantic World
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Various
Agatha Christie a Mysterious Life (Laura Thompson)
Agatha Christie a Mysterious Life
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Laura Thompson
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (Agatha Christie)
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
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Agatha Christie
Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World (Emma Southon)
Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World
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Emma Southon
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina (Carolly Erickson)
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina
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Carolly Erickson
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland: Biographical Sketch and Letter (Karl Sell , Alice Grand Duchess of Hesse)
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland: Biographical Sketch and Letter
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Karl Sell , Alice Grand Duchess of Hesse
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece (Hugo Vickers)
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
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Hugo Vickers
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes (Maya Angelou)
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
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Maya Angelou
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World (Adrienne Mayor)
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
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Adrienne Mayor
Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte (Kate Williams)
Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
15
Kate Williams
American Jezebel (Eve Laplante)
American Jezebel
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Eve Laplante
An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1848-1960 (Adelaide M. Cromwell)
An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1848-1960
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Adelaide M. Cromwell
An American Princess (Annejet Van Der Zijl)
An American Princess
18
Annejet Van Der Zijl
An Indian Portia: Selected Writings of Cornelia Sorabji 1866 to 1954 (Kusoom Vadgama)
An Indian Portia: Selected Writings of Cornelia Sorabji 1866 to 1954
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Kusoom Vadgama
An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of P (Hannah Pakula)
An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of P
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Hannah Pakula
Anastasia Romanov: The Tsar's Youngest Daughter Speaks Through Her Writings (1907-1918) (Helen Azar)
Anastasia Romanov: The Tsar's Youngest Daughter Speaks Through Her Writings (1907-1918)
21
Helen Azar
Angel of Vengeance (Ana Siljak)
Angel of Vengeance
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Ana Siljak
Anne Boleyn (Eric W. Ives)
Anne Boleyn
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Eric W. Ives
Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies (Hayley Nolan)
Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
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Hayley Nolan
Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's Obsession (Elizabeth Norton)
Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's Obsession
25
Elizabeth Norton
Anne Frank Remembered (Miep Gies)
Anne Frank Remembered
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Miep Gies
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride (Elizabeth Norton)
Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride
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Elizabeth Norton
Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova (Elaine Feinstein)
Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova
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Elaine Feinstein
Anna Pavlova: Twentieth Century Ballerina (Jane Pritchard, Caroline Hamilton)
Anna Pavlova: Twentieth Century Ballerina
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Jane Pritchard, Caroline Hamilton
Ants Among Elephants (Sujatha Gidla)
Ants Among Elephants
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Sujatha Gidla
Aristocrats (Stella Tillyard)
Aristocrats
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Stella Tillyard
Artemisia (Leticia Treves)
Artemisia
33
Leticia Treves
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography
34
Assata Shakur
Athenais (Lisa Hilton)
Athenais
35
Lisa Hilton
Australian Women Pilots: Amazing True Stories of Women in the Air (Kathy Mexted)
Australian Women Pilots: Amazing True Stories of Women in the Air
36
Kathy Mexted
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (Eleanor Roosevelt)
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America (Dana Franks)
Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America
38
Dana Franks
Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women (Kate Cooper)
Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women
39
Kate Cooper
The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant to International Legend (Phoolan Devi)
The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant to International Legend
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Phoolan Devi
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