One of a series of lists of suggested books for reading groups on women's history.

Biographies of Ordinary and Extraordinary Women

Writing a Woman's Life
by Carolyn G. Heilbrun (compare prices)
A good place to start a series.

A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, J. Laslocky (Editor)

Maiden Voyages : Writings of Women Travelers
by Mary Morris, Larry O'Connor (Editor)
From the early 1700s to the present, 55 women tell their travel tales.

A Disgraceful Affair : Simone De Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Bianca Lamblin (Women's Life Writings from Around the World)
by Bianca Lamblin, et al
Lover of DeBeauvoir and later her platonic friend, Lamblin finally tells her version of her own life.

Heretic's Heart : A Journey Through Spirit & Revolution
by Margot Adler

If you're still in the Titanic mood:
Titanic Survivor : The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disaster
by Violet Jessop, John Maxtone-Graham (

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