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• Breaking Night

  a Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey From Homeless to Harvard

  Murray, Liz, 1980-

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  "...the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard..."

• Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus

  Inside the World of a Woman Born in Prison : What Loss, Grief, and Uncertainty Taught Me About Joy

  Stein, Deborah Jiang

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  "The story of a woman whose gift for finding purpose in life drives her to help others change their lives even as she struggles to accept and overcome her own past, born heroin addicted to a mother in prison. Her story proves we're more than the sum…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse

  the True Story of a Woman Who Risked Everything to Bring Hope to Afghanistan

  Sadeed, Suraya

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  "From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in inhuman situations deemed too dangerous for other aid workers or for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gabby

  a Story of Courage and Hope

  Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-

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  "On January 8, 2011, while meeting with constituents in Tucson, Arizona, Gabby was the victim of an assassination attempt that left six people dead and thirteen wounded. Gabby was shot in the head; doctors called her survival 'miraculous.'"

• Girls Like Us

  Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, An Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself

  Lloyd, Rachel, 1975-

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  "At thirteen, British-born Rachel Lloyd found herself spiraling into a life of torment and abuse. Vulnerable yet tough, she eventually ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation, until she broke free of the street and her pimp thanks to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Figures

  the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

  Lee Shetterly, Margot

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  The inspiring story of the women mathematicians who helped contribute to the success of the Space Race, despite facing racism on a daily basis. We also own the film.

• The Hiding Place

  Ten Boom, Corrie

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  Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983) was a Dutch woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorable faith. In World War II, she and her family risked their lives to help Jews escape the Nazis by hiding them in their home in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Malala

  the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

  Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-

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  When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price.

• I Forgot to Remember

  a Memoir of Amnesia

  Meck, Su

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  A freak accident in her home left a young wife and mother without any memory of her name or her family or even how to perform everyday tasks. Twenty years later, she stops faking to fit in and starts to construct a life for herself.

• A Kind of Grace

  the Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete

  Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, 1962-

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  A three-time Olympic gold medalist in the multi-event heptathlon, Jackie Joyner-Kersee is recognized as one of the world's best female athletes. This autobiography tells of her youth in impoverished East St. Louis, Illinois, her fledgling athletic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love, Lucy

  Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989

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  Lucille Ball wrote this book in the years leading up to 1964 and put it aside to avoid hurting Desi Arnaz. How fortunate we are that it has been found and published. It describes the many years of hard work that it took for her to become the star…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lives of Extraordinary Women

  Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)

  Krull, Kathleen

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  "...turns the spotlight on women who have wielded power, revealing their feats--and flaws--for all the world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history: queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mayada

  Daughter of Iraq : One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein

  Sasson, Jean P.

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  "When Saddam Hussein and his Ba'ath party seized power, and instituted his reign of terror, Mayada found herself alone in Baghdad, a divorced parent of two children, earning a meagre living printing brochures. Until one morning in August 1999 when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Higher Honor

  Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-

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  Rice shares her unique perspective on the most consequential political, diplomatic, and security issues of the administration. In her own words, she describes the harrowing terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and chronicles her experience of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not for Ourselves Alone

  the Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : An Illustrated History

  Ward, Geoffrey C.

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  "...Not for Ourselves Alone provides a view of the suffrage movement through the eyes of the women who fought hardest for it. 'We are sowing winter wheat,' Stanton confided to her diary, 'which the coming spring will see sprout and which other hands…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On Her Own Ground

  the Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

  Bundles, A'Lelia Perry

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  The daughter of an enslaved mother and father, Madam C. J. Walker was orphaned at seven, married at 14, and widowed at 20. On Her Own Ground is a comprehensive biography of an unusual entrepreneur and philanthropist. Contains personal letters,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Orange Is the New Black

  My Year in a Women's Prison

  Kerman, Piper

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  With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, the author barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She-wolves

  the Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

  Castor, Helen

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  "Exploring the narratives of the Empress Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Margaret of Anjou, and other 'she-wolves,' as well as that of the Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, Castor invokes a magisterial discussion of how much—and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Train in Winter

  An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France

  Moorehead, Caroline

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  In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Janey Comes Marching Home

  Portraits of Women Combat Veterans

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  "Women from all five branches of the military share their stories here--stories that are by turns moving, comic, thought-provoking, and profound. Seeing their faces in stunning color photographic portraits and reading what they have to say about…Read moreRead more of this annotation