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940.5318 BATALION
[2020] William Morrow
First edition.
xii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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940.5318 BATALION
[2020] Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Young readers' edition.
xvi, 270 pages : map ; 19 cm
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CD 940.5137 BATALION
[2021] Harper Audio
Unabridged.
12 audio discs (approximately 14 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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CD 940.5137 BATALION
[2021] HarperCollins
Young readers' edition.
6 audio discs (6 1/2 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
[2021] Harper Audio
Unabridged; Young readers' edition.
6 audio discs (approximately 6 3/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
eAudiobook
2021 HarperAudio
Unabridged
OverDrive
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2021 HarperCollins
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2021 HarperCollins
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LARGE TYPE 940.5318 BATALION
[2020] Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
First Harper large print edition.
xvii, 864 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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LARGE TYPE 940.5318 BATALION
[2021] Findaway World, LLC
Unabridged.
1 audio media player (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"Witnesses to the murder of their families and the destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis. The Light of Days reveals the real history of these women whose little-known feats have been eclipsed by time." -- Back cover.
Documents the essential World War II contributions of Jewish-Polish female resistance fighters, sharing the stories of courageous...
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973.917 BELL-SCOTT
2016. Alfred A. Knopf
First edition.
xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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973.917 BELL-SCOTT
eAudiobook
2016 Recorded Books, Inc
Unabridged
OverDrive
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"Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom, "--NoveList.
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613.04244 CLEGHORN
[2021] Dutton
386 pages ; 24 cm
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613.04244 CLEGHORN
2021 Penguin Publishing Group
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2021 Penguin Publishing Group
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"A trailblazing conversation-starting history of women's health-from Ancient Greece to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative"--
Cleghorn was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. She turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. Here she...
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920.72 CLINTON
2019. Simon & Schuster
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
xii, 450 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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920.72 CLINTON
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CD 920.72 CLINTON
[2019] Audioworks, imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
12 audio discs (approximately 14.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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CD 920.72 CLINTON
2019. Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Large print edtion.
785 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them -- women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the...
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2021. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
vii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
eAudiobook
2021 HarperAudio
Unabridged
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2021. Thorndike Press
Large print edition.
455 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Description
"Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out and wanted up. Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5'3" and 5'9", between 105 and 140 pounds, and under 26 years of age at the time of hire....
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[2021] W. W. Norton & Company
First edition.
xv, 348 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24cm
2021 W. W. Norton & Company
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2021 W. W. Norton & Company
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"The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists,...
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940.5412 EDER
[2021] Sourcebooks
378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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940.5412 EDER
2022 Thorndike Press
Large print edition
Description
"The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII-in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. Liane B. Russell fled Austria with nothing and later became a renowned U.S. scientist whose research on the effects of radiation on embryos made...
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384.8 HOLT
2019. Little, Brown and Company
First edition.
xiv, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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384.8 HOLT
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CD 384.8 HOLT
[2019] Hachette Book Group
Unabridged.
9 audio discs (11 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
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CD 384.8 HOLT
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LARGE TYPE 384.8 HOLT
2020. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Large print edition.
611 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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LARGE TYPE 384.8 HOLT
Description
"AuthorHolt, Nathalia Publication Year 22 Oct 2019 Format Hardback ISBN-13978-0-316-43915-2 ISBN-100-316-43915-0 Summary From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, "richly detailed" story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures) From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated...
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350.4 KARBO
[2018] National Geographic
346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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350.4 KARBO
[2018] National Geographic
346 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Presents information on female rule-breakers, including Josephine Baker, Jane Goodall, Margaret Cho, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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920.72 MAGGS
[2016] Quirk Books
238 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
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920.72 MAGGS
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"Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations--all...
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BIOGRAPHY BLACKWELL ELIZABETH
[2021] W.W. Norton & Company
First edition.
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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BIOGRAPHY BLACKWELL ELIZABETH
eAudiobook
2021 HighBridge
Unabridged
OverDrive
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2021 W. W. Norton & Company
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2021 W. W. Norton & Company
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2021. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Large print edition.
567 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male...
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510.92 SHETTERLY
[2016] William Morrow
First edition.
xviii, 346 pages ; 24 cm
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510.92 SHETTERLY
2016. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition.
xviii, 349 pages ; 21 cm
2017. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
First William Morrow paperback edition.
xviii, 346 pages, 14 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
[2017]. William Morrow
Illustrated edition.
xxii, 348 pages, 14 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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CD 510.92 SHETTERLY
[2016] Harper Audio
Unabridged.
9 audio discs (approximately 10 hr., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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CD 510.92 SHETTERLY
[2016] HarperCollins
Unabridged.
1 audio disc (mp3 format) (approximately 10 3/4 hr.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in.
2016 HarperAudio
Unabridged
OverDrive
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2016 HarperCollins
OverDrive
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2016 HarperCollins
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"Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the space race, [this book] follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own...
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509.22 SWABY
[2015] Broadway Books
First Edition.
xiv, 273 pages ; 21 cm
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509.22 SWABY
Description
"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.
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SPORTS BASKETBALL REEDER
[2017] Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
First edition.
286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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SPORTS BASKETBALL REEDER
[2017] HighBridge Audio
Unabridged.
7 audio discs (8.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
eBook
2017. Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Large Print edition.
509 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices...
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973.3 ROBERTS
[2004] William Morrow
First edition.
xx, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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973.3 ROBERTS
2005. Perennial
xx, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
[2004] Harper Large Print
First Harper Large Print edition.
xxii, 565 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
[2004] Morrow
Doubleday Large Print Home Library edition.
xxviii, 690 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Cokie Roberts's number one New York Times bestseller, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history, including the romance of John and Abigail Adams. Now Roberts returns with Founding Mothers, an intimate...
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324.623 WEISS
[2018] Viking
404 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
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324.623 WEISS
2018. Thorndike Press
Large print edition.
791 pages (large print), 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
An account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
"The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history. Nashville, August 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting all women the vote, is on the verge of ratification--or...
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973.7114 WICKENDEN
2021. Scribner
First Scribner hardcover edition.
xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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973.7114 WICKENDEN
[2021] Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
11 audio discs (approximately 13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2021 Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press
Large print edition.
xiv, 384 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Chronicles the revolutionary activities of Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward, and Martha Wright--friends and neighbors in Auburn, New York--discussing their vital roles in the Underground Railroad, abolition, and the early women's rights movement.
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910.92 ZANGLEIN
[2021] Sourcebooks
xxxvii, 376 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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910.92 ZANGLEIN
eBook
Description
""Don't take women when you go exploring!" In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, the president of the Explorers Club, told hundreds of female students at Barnard College that women and exploration could never mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either... The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the women who broke apart the stuffy men's club and founded the Society of Woman Geographers (SWG), and how some key members-including Blair...
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791.45 ARMSTRONG
[2021] Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
First edition.
xviii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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791.45 ARMSTRONG
[2021] HarperCollins
Unabridged.
8 audio discs (9 1/2 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
[2021] HarperAudio
Unabridged.
1 audio disc (MP3) (approximately 570 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
2021 HarperAudio
Unabridged
OverDrive
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Description
The best-selling author of Seinfeldia documents the lesser-known story of how four trailblazing women from the radio era, including Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Hazel Scott and Betty White, helped establish the foundation of the modern television industry.