March is Women's History Month! Stop by the Library to browse our Women's History Month book display, which features incredible books by women authors, as well as books about important figures and events in women's history. All of these books (and more!) are available for checkout.
"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."
-Dolly Parton
We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour:
Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour shares her
intimate coming-of-age story of how growing up Muslim American,
feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized
activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country.
It
was a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn when a nineteen-year-old Linda
Sarsour stared at her reflection, dressed in a hijab for the first time
showing the woman she was growing to be--unapologetic in her faith and
her activism. A young Palestinian Muslim American woman discovering her
innate sense of justice in the aftermath of 9/11.
Now, most
heralded for her award-wining leadership with the Women's March on
Washington, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders presentsstory of love,
justice, and family. From the Brooklyn bodega her father owned where
Linda learned the real meaning of intersectionality to protesting in the
streets of Washington, DC, Linda's story as a woman, daughter of
immigrants, wife, mother, and friend is a portrayal of what it means to
find one's voice and use it for the good of others.
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton:
A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic
sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color
photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume
archive
In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar
Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her
lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her own,
distinctly Dolly style, which has defied convention and endeared her to
fans around the world.
Featuring behind-the-scenes stories from
Dolly Parton’s life and career, and the largest reveal of her private
costume archive, this gorgeously photographed book spotlights her most
unforgettable looks from the 1960s to now. The sky-high heels, famous
wigs, bold makeup, eye-catching stage clothes—she shares them all. Along
the way, Parton discusses memorable outfits from her past, from the
clothes her mother would sew out of feed sacks (including her “Coat of
Many Colors”) and the bold dresses and hairdos that shook up Nashville,
to the bunny suit on the cover of Playboy, evening wear at Studio 54,
costumes from her most famous film and TV roles, and the daring styles
that continue to entertain and inspire today.
Filled with
candor, humor, and lots and lots of rhinestones, Behind the Seams: My Life in
Rhinestones is a shining tribute to one of the most beloved musicians in
history, a treasured keepsake for anyone who loves Dolly Parton, and an
indispensable guide to forging your own path to beauty and confidence.
Becoming by Michelle Obama:
In a life filled with meaning and
accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and
compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of
America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped
create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while
also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in
the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that
families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her
husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments.
Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke,
and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media
glare.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing
storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world,
chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on
the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the
demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most
famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her
triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her
full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms.
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of
a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and
whose story inspires us to do the same.
A Women's Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice by Felicia Kornbluh:
A Woman's Life Is a Human Life is the story of the movements that transformed the politics of reproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the campaign against sterilization abuse, at a time when sterilization was disproportionately proposed as birth control to Black, Latinx, and poor women. Their victories occurred just before and after Roe v. Wade, and their histories cast new light on the case and the fate of reproductive rights and justice today. From dissident Democrats and members of a rising feminist movement who refashioned abortion laws, to progressive ministers and rabbis who led the nation's largest abortion referral service, to Puerto Rican activists who introduced sterilization abuse to the reproductive rights agenda and Black women who took the cause global, A Woman's Life Is a Human Life chronicles how activists changed the law and demanded reproductive justice. The first in-depth study of a winning campaign to change a state's abortion law, with firsthand accounts and previously unseen sources--including from her mother, who drafted New York's law decriminalizing abortion, and across-the-hall neighbor, Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, a Puerto Rican doctor and leader in the movement against sterilization abuse--Felicia Kornbluh shows how grassroots action overcame the odds--and how it might work today.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen:
Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears:
In June 2021, the whole world was listening as
Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her
truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the
lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first
time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the
greatest performers in pop music history.
Written with
remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates
the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman
telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly:
Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘coloured computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War and the women’s rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures’ interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner:
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
Michelle
Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her
school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular,
high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months
spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her
mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
As
she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the
restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band—and
meeting the man who would become her husband—her Koreanness began to
feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.
It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was
twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her
to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had
given her.
The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni
Note: All book images and descriptions included in this blog post were found on Goodreads.com.
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