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Barbara Millicent Roberts was born in 1959. Her image is instantly recognizable almost anywhere in the world. She has held hundreds of jobs across the last six decades, from teen model to astronaut to movie star. She’s been adored, criticized, mocked, reinvented, memed, protested, and celebrated—sometimes all at once. Who is this remarkable woman? Well, you might know her better by her nickname: Barbie.

Histories of the United States often overlook the women who shaped the nation. Museums, textbooks, historical sites, and even documentaries omit essential parts of the whole because they leave out her story. Join Allison K. Lange, historian and professor, as she guides you through the fascinating lives of 12 early Americans, all of them women.

The American women’s movement has been shrouded in myths, argue three leading scholars in this bold and revisionist history. Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women’s movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an expanded, historical narrative that dramatically rewrites a century of American women’s history.

Ida B. Wells is an American icon of truth telling. Born to slaves, she was a pioneer of investigative journalism, a crusader against lynching, and a tireless advocate for suffrage, both for women and for African Americans. She cofounded the NAACP, started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, and was a leader in the early civil rights movement. This engaging memoir relates Wells’ private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice.

What happens when a missing child leads one woman into a hidden world of corruption, murder, and child trafficking? RUN RUBY RUN: Inspired by True Crimes by Jean Thompson Kinsey, grippingly narrated by Catherine Divaris, and produced and published by Audiobook Publishing Services, is a powerful historical fiction and crime suspense audiobook inspired by the real-life crimes surrounding the notorious Tennessee Children’s Home Society and Georgia Tann.

Discover the untold women's history of America, where hidden rebels and fierce visionaries shattered societal barriers. Perfect for your daily commute or an afternoon of reflective learning, this empowering narrative centers the marginalized voices that truly built the nation. Listen as...

We are all survivors. To listen to this book you had to survive pregnancy, infancy, and at least some childhood. But also so did your mother, her mother, on and on, all the way back to the first mother, the first star seed of humanity. As we are the products of those who survived, we are all also great because we all go back to people who survived incredible times. This book is based on the author’s genealogy specifically, but there is definitely something special in everyone’s bloodline. I hope this book encourages you to dig into yours.

Throughout history, African-American women have played a vital and often overlooked role in both the suffrage and civil rights movements in the United States. For more than two centuries, they have stood at the intersection of two monumental struggles, racial equality and women’s rights, refusing to be excluded from either. Their contributions were integral to the very structure and progress of each movement.

Women of the Sierra Nevada forged their legacy through resilience and adventure, shaping their community while pursuing dreams. Their stories inspire future generations, revealing the strength and spirit of those who embraced the mountains as home. In Four Women and a Mountain, the narrative unfolds against the breathtaking backdrop of the Sierra Nevada, where the mountains are not just a setting but a character in their own right. This book shines a light on the often-overlooked contributions of women who have shaped the region's history.

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.

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

A New York Times Bestseller A Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2024'Compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel' The Wall Street Journal 'Riveting' Financial Times The New York Times bestselling story of the golden age of luxury department stores, and the...

As a student and teacher of history, Robin Foster is well aware that humans have persisted through major hardships as long as they have existed. When faced with the anxious dread many felt at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foster began seeking stories of tenacious women of the American West who had survived their own hardships in a world that threw the unexpected at them. During one of the most uncertain periods of her life, Foster hit the road, embarking on a journey to find these determined women of the past and finding herself along the way.

The extraordinary, dramatic story of the women of the American west 'Brave Hearted is not just history, it is an incredibly intense page-turning experience. To read what these women endured is to be transported into another universe of courage, loss, pain, and occasionally victory. This book is...

In the 10 lessons of America’s Founding Women, you will uncover the very real stories of the women who helped shape the United States as it underwent its transformation from a British colony to a fledgling nation. Professor Cassandra Good will help you understand what life was like for women during the American Revolution, and beyond, and how these women balanced the rigid social expectations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with their own talents and desires.

1775: Overlooked Heroines focuses entirely on ordinary women who broke away from their social constraints to become soldiers, spies, and heroines in the American Revolutionary War. These women physically fought for America to be free from colonial imperialism, but yet society fails to recant their names. 1775: Overlooked Heroines fills in the gaps of history and places these women back into the historical narrative, whose names are less celebrated and are overshadowed or misattributed simply because they are women.

On a tour through history that's both whimsical and startling, we'll encounter 17th-century children flying around inside their New England home "like geese". We'll meet a father-son team of pious Puritans who embarked on a mission that involved undressing ladies and overseeing hangings. And on the eve of the Civil War, we'll accompany a reporter as he dons a dress and goes searching for witches in New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 made slavery illegal in the territory that would later become Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. However, many Black individuals’ rights were denied by white enslavers who continued to hold them captive in the territory well into the 19th century. Set in this period of American history, Enslaved, Indentured, Free shines a light on five extraordinary Black women—Marianne, Mariah, Patsey, Rachel, and Courtney—whose lives intersected in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.