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Stories About (and for) Amazing Women

Looking for a gift for an amazing woman in your life? These books are by and about women who have pushed boundaries, effected change, redefined roles, or who have complicated our understanding of what it means to be powerful.

The Only Woman in the Room
 The Only Woman in the Room Pnina Lahav
The Beauty of Falling
 The Beauty of Falling Claudia de Rham
I Always Knew
 I Always Knew Barbara Chase-Riboud
The Wife of Bath
 The Wife of Bath Marion Turner
Wollstonecraft
 Wollstonecraft Sylvana Tomaselli
An Infinite History
 An Infinite History Emma Rothschild
Women Artists in Expressionism
 Women Artists in Expressionism Shulamith Behr
The Sky Is for Everyone
 The Sky Is for Everyone Edited by Virginia Trimble and David A. Weintraub
Votes for Women
 Votes for Women Edited by Kate Clarke Lemay
Career and Family
 Career and Family Claudia Goldin
Neshat-isms
 Neshat-isms Shirin Neshat Edited by Larry Warsh
Judy Chicago-isms
 Judy Chicago-isms Judy Chicago Edited by Larry Warsh
Abramović-isms
 Abramović-isms Marina Abramović
Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer
 Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer Edited by Diana Seave Greenwald
Fellow Wanderer
 Fellow Wanderer Edited by Diana Seave Greenwald and Casey Riley
Translating Myself and Others
 Translating Myself and Others Jhumpa Lahiri
The Dialectic Is in the Sea
 The Dialectic Is in the Sea Beatriz Nascimento
American Classicist
 American Classicist Victoria Houseman
Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art
 Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art Christopher R. Marshall
One Step Sideways, Three Steps Forward
 One Step Sideways, Three Steps Forward B. Rosemary Grant

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