Women's History Month: MemoirsLike this list

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• My Own Words

  Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020,

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  Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. This is a collection of writings and speeches from Justice Ginsburg on various topics in and out of the court.

• My Life, My Love, My Legacy

  King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006,

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  Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist who helped lead the fight for justice in many topics, including race and gender equality, LGBTQ rights, AIDS activism, and apartheid. She was also the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. In this book, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unbowed

  a Memoir

  Maathai, Wangari

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  Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots movement in Kenya that championed environmental conservation and women's rights. She tells her story in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breaking Through

  Karikó, Katalin,

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  Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist whose research laid the groundwork for mRNA vaccines used to fight COVID-19. She won the Nobel Prize for this work in 2023. In Breaking Through, Karikó describes her journey from poverty in Hungary,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tomorrow Will Be Different

  Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

  McBride, Sarah, 1990-

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  Sarah McBride is an activist for trans rights and current Delaware state senator - the first transgender state senator in the country. In her memoir, she explores how she went from struggling with gender identity as a teenager to becoming one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am Malala

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

  Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-

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  Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who champions education for women and the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2014 at age 17). In her memoir, Malala describes her fight for the right to be educated and her recovery from a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Beloved World

  Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-

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  Sonia Sotomayor currently serves as a Supreme Court Justice - the first woman of color in that position. In her memoir, Sotomayor explores her childhood in the Bronx projects, her relationship with her grandmother, and other formative experiences…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Diary of a Young Girl

  the Definitive Edition

  Frank, Anne, 1929-1945

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  A book that should need no introduction - Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who recorded her experiences in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Anne was killed in a concentration camp at age 15, but her legacy has endured through her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thinking in Pictures

  and Other Reports From My Life With Autism

  Grandin, Temple

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  Temple Grandin is an animal behaviorist, activist, and author of many books. She has written many scientific studies about the humane treatment of livestock, and she is also known as one of the first adults to describe autism based on her own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Becoming

  Obama, Michelle, 1964-

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  Michelle Obama is a former first lady of the United States and an attorney. As first lady, she advocated for poverty awareness and children's nutrition, among other things. In her best-selling memoir, Obama describes her life before, during, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Speaking While Female

  75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women

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  Maybe you want to hear from many women all in one book? Check out this anthology, which collects 75 speeches from women throughout American history, from 1637 to present. This collection underscores the fact that women have always been speaking -…Read moreRead more of this annotation