Women's History Books
* Women's History Books
Submit information about women's history books you've read, written or published. See submissions
Alice Walker - Books
Read about Alice Walker and her writings in these books, mostly collections of essays and other articles about Walker. Many focus on The Color Purple.
American First Ladies - Audiobooks - Biographies and Autobiographies
Take women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you. These books are all biographies or autobiographies of American First Ladies. An update on the books on tape concept, these books can be downloaded to your computer, then played as you work or uploaded to an MP3 player or burned to a CD.
American Women's History - Books
A selection of the best overview books on the history of women in America. These books cover many historical periods in American history, looking at women's roles. Each book has strengths and weaknesses, depending on the purpose for which you're choosing it, and a wise choice may be one narrative history and one book of primary source documents.
Audiobooks - Women in Medieval and Renaissance History
Take medieval and Renaissance women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you. These books are about key women in medieval and Renaissance history. An update on the books on tape concept, these books can be downloaded to your computer, then played as you work or uploaded to an MP3...
Biographies of Women
While many people won't wade through a book about women's history, they will read biographies of famous or notable women. Thus, for many people, biographies are their main access to issues with which women's history is concerned, including how women lived their lives, how being female affected their lives and how they accepted or rebelled...
Body Image and Women's History - Books
How women view and value their bodies has changed over time. These books examine the history of body image and how culture shapes ideas of women's beauty -- useful perspective in dealing with body image and self-esteem issues among girls and women today. There are other good books on body image and beauty culture today from a personal perspective; these books include the best historical analysis.
Books That Changed the World by American Women - Reader Submissions
Submit your own nominations for important books that changed the world, written by American women.
Emily Dickinson Biographies and Criticism
Emily Dickinson, a creative poet of the 19th century, was known only by a small circle during her lifetime. It wasn't until after her death that most of her poems were published. Her life and work still fascinate readers and are studied widely. Listed here alphabetically by title are selected biographies and works of literary criticism.
Emily Dickinson Poems and Letters
Selected collections of Emily Dickinson's poems plus collections of her letters - with commentary - are included in this collection of Guide Picks.
Girls 5-9 - Recommended Books
Girls in this age range are beginning readers, but usually still love a story read to them sometimes too. They're exploring their place in the world, so books that provide role models - real and fantasy - are good choices. Girls at these ages usually like colorful illustrations, touches of humor or surprise, and a mixture of courage and compassion in the heroines.
Girls 8-12 - Recommended Books
Girls in the preteen years are at an important transition point: they need strong female role models before they enter the years when they question whether girls can be both intelligent and popular. I've listed here some of my favorite women's history books for this age group. Some are collections of short sketches, perfect for the active or...
History Mysteries
These excellent books for girls 8-13 each feature a resourceful and courageous heroine facing both everyday problems and issues related to the history of her time. I recommend these as a great way to introduce young readers to women's history. Hardcover or paperback.
History Mysteries Boxed Sets
These excellent books for girls 8-13 each feature a resourceful and courageous heroine facing both everyday problems and issues related to the history of her time. I recommend these as a great way to introduce young readers to women's history.
Medieval/Renaissance Costume Books
Recommended medieval and Renaissance costume books. For theatrical productions, reenactors, SCA, and living history, these resources are excellent for ideas about fashions and their construction. You'll probably need to consult more than one or two to check on authenticity and practical techniques. They're also fascinating just to browse through for insight into women's lives.
Quotations by Women
General purpose quotation books still leave out most women's voices. Fortunately, if you want to hear women's voices, there are some great quotations books for your bookshelf. Just don't put them too far out of reach -- you'll want them handy when you want to hear a voice of wisdom or just need a few choice words on a topic.
Salem Witch Trials Theories - Books
The 1692 outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Salem Village, Massachusetts, has fascinated historians and the average reader alike for more than three hundred years. How could neighbor turn against neighbor? What light does this episode shed on women's lives? On human potential for similar "witch hunts" even in the 20th and 21st centuries?
Textiles and Women in World History - Books
Weaving and decorating cloth, carpets and other fabric has traditionally been women's work in many cultures, ancient and modern. Embroidery, weaving and other textile arts have become today's women's art. Read about some of the long history of women's work and craft.
The Worlds of the American Girls
A summary of the series of books introducing seven time periods in American history. The target age group is 8-12, and each book focuses on the life of girls growing up in that time. Available for Felicity (1774), Josefina (1824), Kirsten (1854), Addy (1864), Samantha (1904) and Molly (1944). Kit (1934) new in 2002.
Women and the Civil War - Books
Reenactors and researchers alike, you'll find here an interesting mix of books written in the era and others using modern scholarship and current research, biographies and social context, surveys or overviews and depth on particular topics. Readers new to the topic of women and the Civil War will want to start with some of the overview books.
Women During and After the American Revolution - Books
Women's lives began to change with the American Revolution. Every war means more women taking charge during the absence and after the deaths of husbands and fathers. After the war, talk of rights raised issues of women's rights and education. Read about some individual women whose voices were heard and about the lives of other women whose...
Women Explorers - Books
Here are some of my recommendations for books on women explorers -- women who flouted convention to travel to the corners of the earth -- and some into space, or even into the realm of new ideas. They make great reading for yourself and they also make great gifts.
Women in Islam - Books
Does Islam treat women better or worse than other religions do? Are women better off under Islam than under Western culture? These are important questions not only for women's history, but for understanding the news today. Each of the books included has its own biases -- but that's helpful because you need to read and understand several...
Women in Prehistory - Books
The role of women in prehistory is a subject of wide popular interest. Dahlberg's challenge of "man the hunter" as the primary catalyst for human civilization is now classic. Marija Gimbutas' theory of the ancient culture of Old Europe, before the invasion of warlike Indo Europeans, is the foundation for much of the more popular literature. Read...
Women of Colonial America - Books
A few women in colonial America told their own stories in letterbooks, journals, diaries and other writings. But few diaries exist, so other sources are often essential to understanding women's lives before the American Revolution -- especially more ordinary women.
Women of the 10th Century - Books on Medieval Women
In the tenth century, women's prominence was often through marriage or motherhood. Queenship was not much more than being a consort of a king, and mother of his children. Yet some queens and empresses reigned as regents for their sons and founded monasteries and convents. The lives of ordinary women are even more obscure. Some books cover a...
Women Who Dare Books
Recommendations of books on women's history, from the Library of Congress Women Who Dare series.
Women's History Audiobooks
Take women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you.
Women's History Biographies - Reader Reviews
Submit your own short review of a women's history biography. Let other readers know what you think of the book.
Women's History Books - Reader Submissions
Have you read (or written or published) a women's history book and want information about it published at About.com's Women's History site? We can't keep up with reviews of all the women's history books, including biographies, so you are welcome to enter information about it yourself if you can't find it covered on this site.
Women's Biographies 2011
Popular biographies and autobiographies of women published in 2011 (or republished in paperback that year).