Looking for books about women”s history and the role of women in society, male dominated spaces, STEM, etc
Hello, all! I’ve been reading lots of books about African American history, and I’m looking for similar books on the history of women, women’s role in modern society, and the like. What would you recommend?
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Simone de Beauvoir: the Second Sex
Susan Maushart: Wifework
Caroline Criado Perez: Do it like a Woman
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez maybe?
It’s on my tbr but I haven’t gotten to it yet.
Broad Band by Claire Evans
ETA: Hidden Figures by Margot Shetterly
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson
The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
The Light of Days by Judy Batalion
Agent Sonya by Ben Mcintyre
Freedom’s Daughters by Lynne Olson (Haven’t read this yet; it’s on my tbr stack, though.)
Bound for Canaan by Fergus Bordewich (While this isn’t about women *specifically*, there are a lot of women in it.)