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Women's History Month Resource Guide

Reading Recommendations in Celebration of Women's History Month

Women's History Month 2024: Comprehensive Reading List from the Drexel University Libraries

Twice as hard : the stories of Black women who fought to become physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century

African American women and the vote, 1837-1965 : Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter); Collier-Thomas, Bettye

African American women in the struggle for the vote, 1850-1920 : Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn

A black women's history of the United States : Berry, Daina Ramey; Gross, Kali N.

Controlling reproduction: an American history : Tone, Andrea

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells : Wells, Ida B ; Duster, Alfreda M ; Ewing, Eve L ; Duster, Michelle

A Cup of Water under My Bed: A Memoir : Hernandez, Daisy

Disorderly conduct : visions of gender in Victorian America : Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll

The Doctors Blackwell : Janice P. Nimura

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower : Cooper, Brittney

Fighting Chance: The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America : Dudden, Faye E

From a land where other people live : Lorde, Audre

History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times : Berry, Mary Frances

Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells : Duster, Michelle

Killing the black body : race, reproduction, and the meaning of liberty : Roberts, Dorothy

Lakota woman : Brave Bird, Mary; Erdoes, Richard

Making sex: body and gender from the Greeks to Freud Laqueur : Thomas Walter

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women : Blackwell, Elizabeth

Promises I can keep : why poor women put motherhood before marriage : Edin, Kathryn; Kefalas, Maria J.

Race for profit : how banks and the real estate industry undermined black homeownership : Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta

Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets : Jones, Feminista

Scarlett's sisters: young women in the Old South : Jabour, Anya

They Carried Us: The Social Impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders : Allener M. Baker-Rogers; Fasaha M. Traylor

To believe in women : what lesbians have done for America--a history : Faderman, Lillian

When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America : Giddings, Paula J

Women, race & class : Davis, Angela Y.

The Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives : Greenfield, Eloise; Minter, Daniel

SPOTLIGHT ON: Books About Women in ProQuest E-Book Central

SPOTLIGHT ON: Books About Women in ProQuest E-Book Central

Below are just a handful of the titles available in ProQuest E-Book Central through Drexel University Libraries:

Encountering the sacred: Feminist reflections on women's lives

Exploring Women's Suffrage Through 50 Historic Treasures

Overcoming Challenges and Barriers for Women in Business and Education: Socioeconomic Issues and Strategies for the Future

The Role of Women in the Gulf War

The untold story of women of color in the League of Women Voters

Other Guides, Collections & Reading Lists

Celebrate Women's History Month with Taylor & Francis: Free Chapter Sampler
Celebrating Trans Women During Women's History Month [New York Public Library]
Commemorating Women’s History Month with TIE and Choice Content
The Combahee River Collective Statement [Open access PDF via Yale]
Films That Lift Up Women's Voices [New Day Films]
Gale's Women's Studies Archive [Access through Drexel Libraries]
LibraryWorks Special Issue: Women's Studies (March 2023)
National Museum of American History: Girlhood (It's Complicated)
National Museum of African American History and Culture Celebrates Black Women During Women's History Month
National Women's History Month Resources from the American Library Association (ALA)
ProQuest One Literature
Recognizing the Vital Contributions of Black Women in Celebration of Women's History Month [Clarivate]
Routledge University's History of Feminism Resource Guide
Scholar & Feminist Online: Transnational Feminisms: Contexts, Topics, Forms
Women’s History Month Library Guide [Davenport University Libraries Guide]
Women's History Month: McHenry County College LibGuide