Celebrate International Women’s Day!

/ Book Recommendations, Literary History / By Mary Daniels Brown / March 8, 2020 / International Women’s Day

In honor of International Women’s Day, here are some suggested books about women:

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
Woman As Healer by Jeanne Achterberg
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss

For more reading suggestions, Canterbury Classics has put together a list of works by authors who “all had to defy social norms and push boundaries in order to accomplish what they did, and although some didn’t live to see it, get the respect that they deserved”:

Celebrating International Women’s Month

And publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House features the series Modern Library Torchbearers, books by “women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance”:

Modern Library Torchbearers

How about you?

What other reading do you suggest for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month?

© 2020 by Mary Daniels Brown

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Mary Daniels Brown

My mother always insisted that, as soon as I was old enough to sit up, she’d find me in my crib after my nap babbling away, with a Little Golden Book on my lap. I’ve had my nose in a book ever since. I grew up in a small town, with the tiny town library literally in my backyard. As an only child in an unhappy home, I found comfort and companionship in books. As an adult I wanted to be Harry Potter, although I admit I’m more Hermione. My life has been a series of research projects. Reading has taught me that human lives are deliciously messy and that “it’s complicated” isn’t a punchline.