To mark International Women’s Day, we’re excited to share a selection of e-books that honor the contributions and accomplishments of women. Free access from March 7-31, 2024.
A Movement Without Marches : African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia By Lisa Levenstein – A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia’s most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services.
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, by AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls’ education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
Nobel Prize Women in Science- Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries, Second Edition – The book begins with Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Readers are then introduced to Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Barbara McClintock, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Rosalind Franklin. These and other remarkable women portrayed here struggled against gender discrimination, raised families, and became political and religious leaders. They were mountain climbers, musicians, seamstresses, and gourmet cooks. Above all, they were strong, joyful women in love with discovery.
Little Women by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)– The book is originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters
The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time – Britannica Educational Publishing Rosen Publishing Group, Jan 4, 2010 – Biography & Autobiography – It has been said that when it comes to success, it isn’t what you know, but who you know. The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time is one title in this 8-book series, in which readers get the best of both worlds. Concise but information-packed biographies detail the lives and life’s work of hundreds of leading individuals from an assortment of disciplines. Readers will get to know the foremost minds within science, art, writing, music, invention, politics, and philosophy.
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women- Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge – Featuring comprehensive global coverage of women’s issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory, the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women brings the field into the new millennium.
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