Say Anarcha is J.C. Hallman’s dual biography of the so-called “father of gynecology” and the enslaved woman he experimented on without anesthesia or meaningful consent.
Lorissa Rinehart’s authoritative biography makes it clear why Dickey Chapelle, a courageous photojournalist and the first female war correspondent to be killed in combat, deserves wider recognition.
Valiant Women is a vital and engrossing attempt to correct the record and rightfully celebrate the achievements of female veterans of World War II.
This collection from the iconic magazine provides a look back while making an impassioned case for the critical role of feminist writing going forward.
If you, like Tiya Miles, were once a girl who found an expansive sense of wonder in wild spaces, you will love her book about the history of women in the outdoors.
Toil and Trouble examines the ways in which women throughout history have found agency, self-expression, financial gain and political influence in witchcraft.
In April White‘s hands, this slice of Gilded Age history about women who headed west to states with more lenient divorce laws is entertaining and enlightening.
Ann Hood’s memoir of being a TWA flight attendant in the 1970s and ’80s brims with details and personal anecdotes that any jet-setter will love.
With stylish flair, The Great Stewardess Rebellion recounts the midcentury fight to overturn airlines’ sexist requirements for flight attendants.
The campaign for women’s suffrage in the United States was a tough slog—except in the West. New Women in the Old West unearths dozens of forgotten trailblazers.
In the 19th century, a brave, brilliant and completely healthy woman named Elizabeth Packard was involuntarily committed to an Illinois asylum by her husband.
Whatever stereotypes we associate with home economics, Danielle Dreilinger is here to assure us that everything we think we know is wrong.
Emily Midorikawa unveils the triumphant, tragic and deeply unconventional lives of six of the Victorian era’s best known spirit mediums.
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