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Empress Josephine

By Ernest John D. Knapton

Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love

By Xinran, Nicky Harman

The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980

By Showalter, Elaine, Elaine Showalter

Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health

By Ellen Cole (Alaska-Pacific University, Anchorage, Ak, USA), Esther D Rothblum (San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Phyllis Chesler

Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers

By Hannah K. Chapman, Lauren Burke, Kaley Bales

Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By Cat Bohannon

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s

By Virginia Nicholson

Women and Politics in Uganda: The Challenge of Associational Autonomy

By Aili Mari Tripp (Royalty Account)

Ladies of Influence: Women of the Elite in Interwar Britain

By A. Susan Williams

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

By Paula Byrne

Brilliant Women: 18th-century Bluestockings

By Elizabeth Eger, Lucy Peltz

The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World

By Jennifer Higgie

The Woman's Hour

By Elaine Weiss

Young Elizabeth: The Making of our Queen

By Kate Williams

Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths

By Helen Morales

War Paint: Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein: Their Lives, their Times, their Rivalry

By Lindy Woodhead

Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford

By Julia Fox

The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits

By Jennifer Higgie

The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World

By Jennifer Higgie

Voices from the Blue: The Real Lives of Policewomen

By Jennifer Rees, Robert J. Strange

A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture - 'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' (Sarah Waters)

By June Thomas

Army Girls: The secrets and stories of military service from the final few women who fought in World War II

By Tessa Dunlop

Women Who Ruled: History's 50 Most Remarkable Women

By Claudia Gold, MD

Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution

By John Eidinow

Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today

By Rachel Vorona Cote

Rebel Voices: The Rise of Votes for Women

By Louise K Stewart, Eve Lloyd Knight

Feminine power: the divine to the demonic

By Belinda Crerar, Mary Beard

Hidden From History: 300 Years of Women's Oppression and the Fight Against It (Pluto Classics)

By Rowbotham, Sheila

Regulating Womanhood

By Carol Smart

Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution

By John Eidinow