by Samantha Totman and Lauren Fox
March is Women’s History Month, a time to commemorate women’s vital contributions and roles throughout history. To celebrate, we’ve collected over 30 biographies and memoirs by women and about women for adults, young adults, and children.
Adult Books
The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende
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The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion by Tracy Daugherty
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Read Joan Didion’s work here.
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lord by Alexis De Veaux
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Read Audre Lorde’s work here.
Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster
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Read Ida B. Wells’ work here.
Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
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Read Joy Harjo’s work here.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
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Looking for Lorraine: A Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry
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Read Lorraine Hansberry’s work here.
Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Borrow the feature film DVD.
Young Adult Books
Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life by Winifred Conkling
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Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings
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Queens of the Resistance: Alexandra Ocasio Cortez by Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman
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Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business – and Won! by Emily Arnold McCully
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Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman with Blythe Lawrence
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Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers by Anna M. Lewis
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The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef
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Spinning by Tillie Walden
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Renegade Women in Film & TV by Elizabeth Weitzman
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Children’s Books
A Passion for Elephants: The Real Life Adventure of Field Scientist Cynthia Moss by Toni Buzzeo
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A Girl Named Rosita: The Story of Rita Moreno: Actor, Singer, Dancer, Trailblazer! by Anika Aldamuy Denisa
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There Goes Patti McGee! The Story of the First Women’s National Skateboard Champion by Tootie Nienow
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Molly, by Golly! The Legend of Molly Williams, America’s First Female Firefighter by Dianne Ochiltree
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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for American with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel
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Fly, Girl, Fly!: Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World by Nancy Roe Pimm
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Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport
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Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid
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Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson
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She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Katheryn Russell-Brown
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Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief with Rosemary Wells
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