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Page-Turning Reads for Women’s History Month

by The History Reader

From pharaohs to fashion and everything in between, this Women’s History Month we bring you our page-turning titles covering trailblazing female figures who changed history for the better.

Propaganda Girls

The incredible untold story of four women who spun the web of deception that helped win World War II. Bestselling author Lisa Rogak brings to vivid life the incredible true story of four unsung heroes, whose spellbinding achievements would change the course of history.

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The Last Secret Agent

After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II spy operating in the deadly world of Nazi France, reveals the real, untold story of her time as a secret agent.

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The Cure for Women

How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood—and the brilliant doctor who defied them.

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Her Lotus Year

New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor–her one year in China.

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The Rebel Romanov

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of a courageous young Imperial Grand Duchess who scandalized Europe in search of freedom.

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Women in the Valley of the Kings

The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way who paved the way for exploration in Egypt and laid the groundwork for Egyptology.

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Empresses of Seventh Avenue

In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nancy MacDonell chronicles the untold story of how the Nazi invasion of France gave rise to the American fashion industry.

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Looking at Women Looking at War

Destined to be a classic, a poet’s powerful look at the courage of resistance during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Resist

The inspiring story of Black activists who have fought tirelessly for justice, including Barbara Johns, activist Ella Baker, and Darnella Frazier, who recorded the murder of George Floyd.

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