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The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches

By MacArthur, Brian

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses (2nd Ed.): A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics)

By Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English

100 Nasty Women of History: Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know

By Jewell, Hannah

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions: The Inspiring Guide to Raising a Feminist

By Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda

Amber Jane Butchart's Fashion Miscellany: An Elegant Collection of Stories, Quotations, Tips & Trivia from the World of Style (Ilex Miscellany)

By Amber Jane Butchart, Penelope Beech

Women of the War Years: Women in Britain During 1939 to 1945

By Anderson, Janice

In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology

By Lucy Moore

The Unwomanly Face of War

By Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

Marie Antoinette

By John Edward Nicholl Hearsey

Courtesans

By Hickman, Katie

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend

By John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas, Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Across Many Mountains: The Extraordinary Story of Three Generations of Women in Tibet

By Yangzom Brauen

Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political Activism

By Barbara Winslow, Sheila Rowbotham

Queen Victoria: The woman who ruled the world

By Kate Hubbard

The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

By Lan Yan, Sam Taylor

Lady Under Fire on the Western Front

By Andrew Hallam, Nicola Hallam

Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West

By Katie Hickman

Back to the Broads: Britain in Old Photographs

By David Holmes

Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity

By Francoise Lionnet

Yes She Can: Why Women Own The Future

By Ruth Davidson

Free the Tipple: Kickass Cocktails Inspired by Iconic Women

By Jennifer Croll, Kelly Shami

British Summer Time Begins: The School Summer Holidays 1930-1980

By Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Vindication: Postcard History of the Woman's Movement

By Ian McDonald, Baroness Seear

So Here I Am: Speeches by great women to empower and inspire

By Anna Russell, Camila Pinheiro

The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause

By Susan Mattern

Women in the War

By Lucy Fisher

Jessica Ennis: Unbelievable - From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold: The life story of Team GB's Olympic Golden Girl

By Jessica Ennis

The Ascent of Woman: A History of the Suffragette Movement

By Melanie Phillips

Emily Wilding Davison

By Lucy Fisher

The British Women's Suffrage Campaign, 1866-1928

By Harold Smith