CRRL Picks: Nobel Women

Mother Teresa

Come Be My Light : the Private Writings of the "Saint of Calcutta"

by Teresa

Book - 2007

“This collection of her writing and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a...Show more “This collection of her writing and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time. A moving chronicle of her spiritual journey--including moments, indeed years, of utter desolation--these letters reveal the secrets she shared only with her closest confidants. She emerges as a classic mystic whose inner life burned with the fire of charity and whose heart was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith.” Show less

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Nobel Prize Women in Science

Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries

by McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch

eBook - 1998

"This book tells the stories of the lives and achievements of fifteen women scientists who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nob...Show more "This book tells the stories of the lives and achievements of fifteen women scientists who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nobel Prize-winning project... reveals the relentless discrimination these women faced both as students and as researchers. They succeeded because they were passionately in love with science." Show less

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Obsessive Genius

The Inner World of Marie Curie

by Goldsmith, Barbara

Book - 2005

“The myth of Marie Curie—the penniless Polish immigrant who, through genius and obsessive persistence, endured years of toil and deprivation to produce ra...Show more “The myth of Marie Curie—the penniless Polish immigrant who, through genius and obsessive persistence, endured years of toil and deprivation to produce radium, a luminous panacea for all the world's ills including cancer—has obscured the remarkable truth behind her discoveries. Curie's shrewd though controversial insight was that radioactivity was an atomic property that could be used to discover new elements. While her work won her two Nobel Prizes and transformed our world, it did not liberate her from the prejudices of either the male-dominated scientific community or society. Here is an all-too-human woman trying to balance science, love, and the family values that constitute her legacy.” Show less

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Pearl Buck in China

Journey to The Good Earth

by Spurling, Hilary

Book - 2010

“She was the child of American missionaries, but she spoke Chinese before she learned English, and her friends were the children of Chinese farmers. She t...Show more “She was the child of American missionaries, but she spoke Chinese before she learned English, and her friends were the children of Chinese farmers. She took it for granted that she was Chinese herself until she was eight years old, when the terrorist uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion forced her family to flee for their lives. It was the first of many desperate flights. Flood, famine, drought, bandits, and war formed the background of Pearl's life in China… As a phenomenally successful writer and civil-rights campaigner, Buck did more than anyone else in her lifetime to change Western perceptions of China. In a world with its eyes trained on China today, she has much to tell us about what lies behind its astonishing reawakening.” Show less

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Telling Times

Writing and Living, 1954-2008

by Gordimer, Nadine

Book - 2010

“…represents the full span of her works … from the twilight of white rule in South Africa to the fight to overthrow the apartheid regime, and most recentl...Show more “…represents the full span of her works … from the twilight of white rule in South Africa to the fight to overthrow the apartheid regime, and most recently, her role over the past seven years in confronting the contemporary phenomena of violence and the dangers of HIV. The range of this book is staggering, and the work in totality celebrates the lively perseverance of the life-loving individual in the face of political tumult, then the onslaught of a globalized world.” Show less

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Twenty Years at Hull House, With Autobiographical Notes

by Addams, Jane

eBook - 1990 - 1999?

Originally published in 1910, this was Jane Addams' most successful book. Now regarded as a classic of American social history, this first annotated edition is issued on the occasion of the Hull-House centennial. Originally published in 1910, this was Jane Addams' most successful book. Now regarded as a classic of American social history, this first annotated edition is issued on the occasion of the Hull-House centennial. Show less

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Unbowed

A Memoir

by Maathai, Wangari

Book - 2007

The recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize describes her life as a feminist, political activist, and environmentalist in Kenya, detailing the 1977 establishment of the Green Belt Movement and her role in the transformation of Kenya's government. The recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize describes her life as a feminist, political activist, and environmentalist in Kenya, detailing the 1977 establishment of the Green Belt Movement and her role in the transformation of Kenya's government. Show less

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What Moves at the Margin

Selected Nonfiction

by Morrison, Toni

Book - 2008

“The commanding voice of Morrison's essays, speeches and reviews offers compelling insights into family, history, other writers and politics. The pieces s...Show more “The commanding voice of Morrison's essays, speeches and reviews offers compelling insights into family, history, other writers and politics. The pieces span from 1971, when Morrison was an editor at Random House, to 2002, the year she won the Nobel Prize, and range from book introductions to thoughts on the nature of writing and reflections on 9/11.” Show less

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Winners

Women and the Nobel Prize

by Shiels, Barbara

Book - 1985

Though copyrighted in 1985, this book still is useful for it contains biographies of eight women who have won the Prize to that date. Though copyrighted in 1985, this book still is useful for it contains biographies of eight women who have won the Prize to that date. Show less

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