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Women’s History Month 2024 | A Reading List
In 1987, Women’s History Month was formally recognized by presidential proclamation as a monthlong celebration to honor women’s contributions, accomplishments, and voices throughout United States history. The following books spotlight extraordinary women from the distant and not-so-distant past—women both imagined and real, famous and little-known, and from varied cultures, countries, and continents.
In 1987, Women’s History Month was formally recognized by presidential proclamation as a monthlong celebration to honor women’s contributions, accomplishments, and voices throughout United States history. The following books spotlight extraordinary women from the distant and not-so-distant past—women both imagined and real, famous and little-known, and from varied cultures, countries, and continents. These titles, and those selected from previous years, are available as a downloadable spreadsheet.
Fiction
Bennett, Brit. The Vanishing Half. Riverhead. Jun. 2020. 352p. ISBN 9780525536291. HISTORICAL
Cravens, Claudia. Lucky Red. Dial. Jun. 2023. 304p. ISBN 9780593498248. WESTERN
Fremantle, Elizabeth. Disobedient. Pegasus. Aug. 2023. 368p. ISBN 9781639364152. HISTORICAL
Hakes, Jasmin Iolani. Hula. HarperVia. May 2023. 400p. ISBN 9780063276987. FICTION/Cultural Heritage
Rooney, Kathleen. From Dust to Stardust. Lake Union. Aug. 2023. 285p. ISBN 9781662510595. HISTORICAL
Nonfiction
Crowther, Kathleen M. Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America. Johns Hopkins Univ. Oct. 2023. 288p. ISBN 9781421447636. SOCIAL SCIENCE
Miles, Tiya. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake. Random. Jun. 2021. 416p. ISBN 9781984854995. $28. HISTORY
Sevigny, Melissa L. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Storyof Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon. Norton. May 2023. 304p. ISBN 9780393868234. BIOGRAPHY
Shields, Aomawa. Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe. Viking. Jul. 2023. 352p. ISBN 9780593299180. MEMOIR
Walker, Alice. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000. S. & S. Apr. 2022. 560p. ed. by Valerie Boyd. ISBN 9781476773155. MEMOIR
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