Women's History Month 2023

20 Nonfiction books you can read right now to learn more about womens' contributions to history

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1. Hidden Figures by Margo Lee Shetterly
2. Becoming by Michelle Obama
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
4. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
5. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu
6. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
7. A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein
8. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
9. Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First US Women's Olympic Basketball Team by Andrew Maraniss
10. The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield
11. Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo
12. The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World by Lucinda Robb
13. Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsberg's Life and Work by Victoria Ortiz
14. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy
15. Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game by Erica Westly
16. Gunpowder Girls: The True Stories of Three Civil War Tragedies by Tanya Anderson
17. Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
18. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
19. We are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History by Stephen Guinan
20. I am a Feminist: Claiming the F-word in Turbulent Times by Monique Polak