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Victorian Girls: Lord Lyttelton's Daughters

By Sheila Fletcher

Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms

By Festing, Sally

Grace Darling: 12 (Life Stories)

By Tarbuck, Cheryl

Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures

By Slung, Michele B.

The Veiled Kingdom

By Carmen Bin Ladin

Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

By Colman, Penny

Portrait of a Marriage

By Nicolson, Nigel

Loitering with Intent

By Spark, Muriel

Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo

By Hayden Herrera, Herrera, Hayden

George Eliot: A Life

By Ashton, Rosemary

Pilgrimage 1 (Virago Modern Classics)

By Richardson, Dorothy

Close Encounters of the Furred Kind

By Tom Cox

A Leap of Faith: Memoir of an Unexpected Life

By Noor, Her Majesty Queen

Swan Song: Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019

By Greenberg-Jephcott, Kelleigh

Dear Cancer, Love Victoria: A Mum's Diary of Hope

By Victoria Derbyshire

Mother Teresa (Revised Edition): An Authorized Biography

By Spink, Kathryn

Antonia White: A Life

By Dunn, Jane

Secrets of a Woman's Heart: A Later Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett, 1920-69 (Penguin Literary Biographies)

By HILARY SPURLING

The Necessary Aptitude: A Memoir

By Pam Ayres, Ayres, Pam

The Commonsense Book of a Countrywoman

By Hannah Hauxwell, Barry Cockcroft

Mrs. Milburn's Diaries: An Englishwoman's Day to Day Reflections, 1939-45

By Milburn, Clara Emily, Donnelly, Peter

Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus

By Weinstock, Maia

Autobiography

Wicked Women of the Screen

By Quinlan, David

Strong Woman: Ambition, Grit and a Great Pair of Heels

By Brady, Karren

Anne Fine (Tell Me About S.)

By Powling, Chris

Maurice and Therese: The Story of a Love

By Ahern, Patrick

Raquela, a Woman of Israel: A Woman of Israel

By Gruber, Ruth

Mrs P's Journey: The Remarkable Story Of The Woman Who Created The A-z Map

By Hartley, Sarah

May Sinclair: Re-Thinking Bodies and Minds

By Rebecca Bowler, Claire Drewery