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On the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote, Helen Pankhurst - great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and a leading women's rights campaigner - charts how women's lives have changed over the last century, and offers a powerful and positive argument for a new way...

They were told that the only crime they must never commit was to be caught. Women of enormous cunning and strength of will, the Shadow Warriors' stories have remained largely untold - until now. In a dramatic tale of espionage and conspiracy in World War II, Shadow Warriors of World War II unveils the history of the courageous women who volunteered to work behind enemy lines.

Father Michael McGivney was a man to whom ""family values"" represented more than mere rhetoric, a man who has left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world. In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Called to action in 1882, Father McGivney founded...

The Jesus Family Tomb tells the story of what may be the greatest archaeological find of all time—the discovery of the family tomb of Jesus of Nazareth The Jesus Family Tomb includes: A gripping real-life detective story that combines history, archaeology and cutting-edge science, and reveals...

1896, Politecnico di Zurigo. Mileva Marić è l'unica donna ammessa al corso di laurea in Matematica e Fisica. In quegli anni le donne che vogliono studiare, in particolare le materie scientifiche, non hanno vita facile, ma Mileva è intelligente, tenace, preparata e ce la fa. Tra i suoi compagni di classe c'è anche un diciottenne di nome Albert Einstein. I due si innamorano tra i banchi di scuola e, malgrado le difficoltà, iniziano a frequentarsi. Mileva e Albert si sposano e resteranno insieme per vent'anni.

When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could have not been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty, and a wealthy Surinamese descendant of slaves. The child they have together, brown skinned and blue eyed, brings the couple great joy yet raises some eyebrows. Until the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands explodes their promising life. What unfolds is more than the astonishing story of a love that prevailed over convention. It’s also the quest of a young boy.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[The] rare biography of a public figure that's not only beautifully written, but also shockingly revelatory." -- The Atlantic A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political...

The beloved New York Times columnist "inspires women to embrace aging and look at it with a new sense of hope" in this lively, fascinating, eye-opening look at women and aging in America (Parade Magazine). "You're not getting older, you're getting better," or so promised the famous 1970's ad --...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Capote’s Women, a penetrating examination of President John F. Kennedy’s complicated, tumultuous life told through the lens of the women with whom he surrounded himself—giving voice to the fascinating women left as footnotes in JFK’s legacy...

The heroic accounts of Australian Army Nursing Sisters Margaret Anderson and Vera Torney who survived the perilous evacuation of Singapore in 1942. The nursing profession is one historically filled with everyday heroes; men and women engaged in challenging work that can often prove the...

A hundred years. Thousands of women. One extraordinary pond. I have learned about peacocks and terrapins, giant cobras and booming widgeons; I have heard about celebrity spottings and al-fresco lovemaking and digestive biscuits. These things make up the history of the Ladies’ Pond, but they...

Deemed “the most important campaign effort ever undertaken by the wife of an American president,” the Lady Bird Special was a whistle-stop tour of the South undertaken by Lady Bird Johnson, in a bid for her husband’s reelection in 1964. Never before had a president’s spouse taken to the campaign trail so ambitiously.

For 140 years, women’s soccer has been a powerful global force and a vehicle for sparking change. That power has shone through 140 years of obstacles and setbacks, bans and ridicule, dismissal and devaluation. Today, investors and audiences recognize the value of women’s soccer not because it can raise money for charity or inspire young girls (although it can) but simply because it is good business. This sport and the women who play it have captured the world’s attention and will continue to advance the game—and the culture around it.

De Spaanse Nederlanden, 1613. Tryn van Vierssen is een poortersvrouw uit Roermond met een negenjarige dochter en een onbevredigend huwelijk. Begin oktober is ze getuige van een verontrustend kinderspelletje op de markt. Het blijkt de vonk in het kruitvat: alsmaar meer vrouwen worden van hekserij beschuldigd en op de brandstapel gezet. Samen met haar stadsgenoten laat Tryn zich meeslepen door collectieve angst voor de duivel. Tot ook haar naam wordt genoemd.

From bestselling author Celeste Headlee, an urgent and eye-opening story of the women who risked everything to ensure a generation of Black Americans had the right to read. In the waning days of the antebellum South, millions of African Americans were suddenly released from enslavement. But they...

America’s Founding Era reconsidered through the lives of two women as formidable as, and in some respects stronger than, the men they loved, married, and mothered. Angelica and Elizabeth Schuyler, born to wealth and privilege in New York’s Hudson Valley during the latter half of the...

After growing up in Zanzibar as part of the ruling Omani Sultanate, Sayyida Salme, the daughter of the Sultan and his surie concubine Djilfidan, took a fateful step that shaped the rest of her life. She could not have imagined what challenges lay ahead. When she chose to follow her love and became Emily Ruete, she found herself on a path to self-exile, as she moved from East to West, South to North. Taking on a new culture, language, faith, even identity, she crossed borders only to find new barriers.

Tales of lore from f*ckboys and more… Myths and legends would be nothing without their shining star of a hero at the forefront … right? Heroes or Zeroes? looks at the dashingly handsome and oh-so-brave men from antiquity in a whole other light. From 'famous' Heroes, Rowdy Royals, Underdogs...

Across four centuries, women have shaped the United States—not just from the sidelines of history, but at its very heart. From colonial pioneers and courageous suffragettes to civil rights leaders and modern-day innovators, this book tells the story of how women built, challenged, and transformed a nation. Through vivid storytelling and rich historical detail, Women’s History of the United States brings to life the struggles and triumphs of those who dared to dream beyond their time.

We have heard the saying; a woman's place is in the kitchen. She should not hold positions of authority in the secular world, because it's a man's world. Newsflash! Times have changed, women are rising up and showing how intelligent they are, and that their voices should be heard and valued.