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• The Wind at My Back

  Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts From My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

  Copeland, Misty,

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  Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. Her talent, passion, and perseverance enabled her to make strides no one had accomplished before. But as she will tell you,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dinners With Ruth

  a Memoir on the Power of Friendships

  Totenberg, Nina,

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  Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her remarkable friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stories We Tell

  Gaines, Joanna, 1978-

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  In her first solo memoir, New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story--and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own--guiding us to release the weights that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lady Justice

  Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

  Lithwick, Dahlia,

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  Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump's presidency-and won. After the sudden shock of Donald…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twyla Moves

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  For decades, Twyla Tharp has astounded the world with her trademark, unprecedented ingenuity. Now 79 years old, Twyla is entering a new phase of her life – but she hasn’t stopped moving. Interwoven with her storied career and prolific…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The XX Brain

  the Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

  Mosconi, Lisa,

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  The first book to address cognitive enhancement and Alzheimer's prevention specifically in women--and to frame brain health as an essential component of Women's Health. In this revolutionary book, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, director of the Women's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Looking for Jane

  Marshall, Heather (Heather J.),

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  2017: When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession, she is determined to find the intended recipient. Her search takes her back to the 1970s when a group of daring women operated an illegal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Independence

  Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-

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  In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a doctor, though society frowns on it. Deepa: the beauty,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Perish

  Watkins, LaToya,

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  Spanning decades, Perish tracks the choices Helen Jean—the matriarch of the Turner family—makes and the way those choices have rippled across generations, from her children to her grandchildren and beyond. Told in alternating chapters,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angels of the Resistance

  Salazar, Noelle,

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  Netherlands, 1940 As bombs fall across Europe, fourteen-year-old Lien Vinke fears that the reality of war is inescapable. Though she lives a quiet life with her mother and older sister, Elif, in their small town of Haarlem, they are no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inaugural Ballers

  the True Story of the First US Women's Olympic Basketball Team

  Maraniss, Andrew,

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  Twenty years before women’s soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the ’76 US women’s basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women’s sports in America at the youth,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Courageous Queens

  10 Untold Stories of History's Boldest Rulers

  Buckingham, Angela,

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  These queen stories are not fairytales for small children. They are true tales of real women that every young person should know. The clever and brave women in this collection had power and used it to achieve their goals. They would prove…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alias Anna

  A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  Hood, Susan, 1954-

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  When the Germans invade Ukraine, Zhanna, a young Jewish girl, must leave behind her friends, her freedom, and her promising musical future at the world’s top conservatory. With no time to say goodbye, Zhanna, her sister Frina, and their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rima's Rebellion

  Courage in a Time of Tyranny

  Engle, Margarita,

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  Rima loves to ride horses alongside her abuela and Las Mambisas, the fierce women veterans who fought during Cuba’s wars for independence. Feminists from many backgrounds have gathered in voting clubs to demand suffrage and equality for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Powers

  Lise Meitner's Call to Science

  Atkins, Jeannine, 1953-

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  At the turn of the 20th century, Lise Meitner dreamed of becoming a scientist. In her time, girls were not supposed to want careers, much less ones in science. But Lise was smart—and determined. She earned a PhD in physics, then became the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Born Hungry

  Julia Child Becomes "the French Chef"

  Prud'homme, Alex,

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  Julia Child was born hungry, but she was not born a chef. In fact, Julia didn’t discover her passion for cooking until she had a life-changing luncheon in France and became determined to share her newfound love of food with everyone. In…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women Who Led the Way

  Great Explorers and Adventurers

  Manning, Mick,

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  Some of them took up personal challenges, like climbing the world’s highest mountains or crossing oceans and deserts; others have joined space programs or pursued scientific research. Some were seeking new places to live. All were and are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wonder Women of Science

  Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World.

  Fletcher, Tiera, 1995-

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  Meet award-winning aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher and twelve other science superstars and hear them tell in their own words not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get where…Read moreRead more of this annotation