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Women's Stories Books

Celebrating the Voices and Lives of Remarkable Women

The Poisoner's Handbook

The Poisoner's Handbook

Deborah Blum

Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. Penguin Books, 2010.

21 mins read

1 reads

The Radium Girls

The Radium Girls

Kate Moore

The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women. Sourcebooks, 2017.

21 mins read

1 reads

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

Josephy Murphy

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. Way to Success, 2019.

16 mins read

2 reads

Twice as Hard

Twice as Hard

Jasmine Brown

The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.

19 mins read

4 reads

Women in White Coats

Women in White Coats

Olivia Campbell

How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.

21 mins read

0 reads

The Games

The Games

David Goldblatt

A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

21 mins read

2 reads

The Secret Lives of Color

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.

19 mins read

1 reads

Midnight in Chernobyl

Midnight in Chernobyl

Adam Higginbotham

The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster. Transworld Digital, 2019.

16 mins read

1 reads

The Defiant Optimist

The Defiant Optimist

Durreen Shahnaz

Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women. Broadleaf Books, 2023.

21 mins read

2 reads

The Book of Hope

The Book of Hope

Jane Goodall

A Survival Guide for Trying Times. Celadon Books, 2021.

14 mins read

2 reads

Two Wheels Good

Two Wheels Good

Jody Rosen

The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. Crown, 2022

21 mins read

0 reads

Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail

James A. Robinson

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Currency, 2012.

17 mins read

2 reads

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