Historian Nancy Goldstone documents how the empresses of France and Austria, Eugénie and Elisabeth, rebelled against tradition and ruled during the tempestuous 19th century.
In her vulnerable memoir, Jennifer Jones maps her emotional, trailblazing journey of becoming the first Black Radio City Rockette.
Staking new ground in the well-worn World War II setting, Propaganda Girls collects the stories of four women fighting—winning—the information war.
Cassidy Randall recounts the adventures of the “Denali Damsels”—the first all-woman team to ascend North America’s tallest mountain peak.
Susan Polgar, the awe-inspiring first female Grandmaster and only player to earn all six crowns in history, charts how she defied the odds and became one of the most decorated chess champions in the world.
Biographer Mayukh Sen celebrates Merle Oberon, the first actor of color to receive a performance nomination for an Academy Award, and reveals the complicated history of race exclusion in Hollywood.
Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney explores Jane Austen’s literary muses and investigates the disappearance of these writers’ work.
The inspiring, companionable Expect Great Things! celebrates the legacy of the Katharine Gibbs School for women and its tenacious scholars.
Daniel Stone shares the story of Alice Hamilton, the doctor and health advocate who spearheaded the investigation into the deadly effects of leaded gasoline in the 1920s.
Edna Bonhomme’s frank, timely A History of the World in Six Plagues reveals how infectious diseases have been leveraged by colonialism and capitalism.
Richard Overly’s Rain of Ruin masterfully traces the historical, political and philosophical decisions that led to the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Ruth Franklin’s thoughtfully probing The Many Lives of Anne Frank illuminates the “kaleidoscope of meanings” ascribed to the titular author and her foundational work.
Reading at times like a legal thriller, Michelle Adams’ The Containment sweeps readers into the effort to challenge Detroit’s separate and unequal school system.
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