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Historical Women

True stories of exceptional women.

Ocean City Free Public Library

27 items

  • The Agitators

    Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights

    Wickenden, Dorothy,
    Book, 2021New York : Scribner, 2021. — 974.768 WI
  • The Black Angels

    the Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

    Smilios, Maria,
    Book, 2023New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2023] — 610.7309 SM
  • Civil Rights Queen

    Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

    Brown-Nagin, Tomiko, 1970-
    Book, 2022New York : Pantheon Books, [2022] — 347.747 BR
  • The Code Breaker

    Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

    Isaacson, Walter,
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — 576.5 IS
  • The Counterfeit Countess

    the Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust

    White, Elizabeth B.,
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — 940.5318 WH
  • Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — 973.917 MI
  • The Exceptions

    Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

    Zernike, Kate,
    Book, 2023New York : Scribner, 2023. — 331.4133 ZE
  • Flora Macdonald

    "pretty Young Rebel" : Her Life and Story

    Fraser, Flora,
    Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — 941.107 FR
  • The Girls of Atomic City

    the Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

    Kiernan, Denise
    Book, 2013New York : Simon & Schuster, c2013. — 976.873 KI
  • Ida B. the Queen

    the Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

    Duster, Michelle,
    Book, 2021New York : Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2021. — 323.092 DU
  • Lady Justice

    Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

    Lithwick, Dahlia (Lawyer),
    Book, 2022New York : Penguin Press, 2022. — 345.7302 LI
  • Never Caught

    the Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

    Dunbar, Erica Armstrong,
    Book, 2017New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2017. — 306.362 DU
  • The Princess Spy

    the True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones

    Loftis, Larry,
    Book, 2021New York : Atria Books, 2021. — 940.5486 LO
  • The Six

    the Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

    Grush, Loren,
    Book, 2023New York : Scribner, 2023. — 629.40973 GR
  • Twice as Hard

    the Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, From the Civil War to the 21st Century

    Brown, Jasmine,
    Book, 2023Boston : Beacon Press, [2023] — 610.922 BR
  • With Her Fist Raised

    Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism

    Lovett, Laura L.,
    Book, 2021Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] — 305.4209 LO
  • Women's Liberation!

    Feminist Writings That Inspired a Revolution & Still Can

    Book, 2021United States : Library of America, [2021] — 305.4209 WO
  • Young and Restless

    the Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

    Kahn, Mattie,
    Book, 2023[New York, NY] : Viking, [2023] — 303.48 KA
  • The Pirate's Wife

    the Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

    Geanacopoulos, Daphne Palmer,
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2022. — 910.45 GE