women's biographies

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A Feminist Coming-of-Age That’s Quiet, Powerful and Unforgettable

Marianna Marlowe’s Portrait of a Feminist isn’t your typical feminist memoir. It doesn’t shout its message or come armed with statistics and slogans. Instead, it invites you into the quiet, powerful moments that shaped one woman’s identity across years, continents and cultures. Told in a series of beautifully written personal essays that…

Kelsey HallJune 23, 2025

Listicles Nonfiction

The Fight For Disability Justice: 6 Powerful Memoirs

Next month, in July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month — on July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, and the celebration has since spread beyond the US. Of course, it’s never too early to recognize the everyday people who continue to fight for equality, dignity,…

Megan BeauregardJune 7, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: The Forgotten Women Who Made Mountain Climbing History

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisFebruary 19, 2025

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisNovember 20, 2024

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Memoir Recounts Sister’s Rescue Mission and the Ongoing Fight For Disability Justice

“Forced care is happening to people with disabilities around the world. Most people don’t escape. And the world shrugs.” Should everyone have the right to choose where they live? The answer seems obvious — of course, choosing where you live is a basic human right. But for Teresa Heartchild, an…

Megan BeauregardApril 16, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Embracing the Wild: Lynne Spriggs O’Connor on Nature, Love and Belonging

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisAugust 28, 2024

Listicles Nonfiction

6 Memoirs About the Unconventional Faces of Motherhood

Motherhood comes in many forms, some less conventional than others. But thankfully, nowadays, more and more mothers are opening up about their unconventional experiences — because there’s bound to be someone out there who could use the helpful reminder that they’re in the same boat. This list of memoirs encapsulates…

Katie BloomerAugust 27, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Behind the Bones: Lisa Bailey Unveils FBI’s Forensic Art Secrets

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisJuly 10, 2024

Nonfiction

Jewish Woman Rescues Thousands in Nazi Poland in Unknown, Unforgettable Story

Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa are historians, Holocaust scholars and co-authors of The Counterfeit Countess, subtitled The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust. They are to be congratulated for recognizing the significance of an unpublished memoir and bringing to light Janina Mehlberg’s extraordinary efforts to…

Linda HitchcockMarch 11, 2024

Nonfiction

Inspiring Tribute to America’s Little-Known Trailblazing Female Journalists

Kim Todd is a multiple award-winning author and college instructor who has written a meticulously researched work of nonfiction, Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” (Harper Perennial). This compelling history of little-known late 19th-century journalists achieves the perfect balance between entertainment and education. Writing under pseudonyms, these…

Linda HitchcockMay 30, 2023

Nonfiction

Poignant Essays in “First Love” Explore the Power of Female Friendship

To love someone, I have always understood, is to keep them safe. In a world that is so fixated on romantic relationships, Lilly Dancyger’s First Love gives us a refreshing and fervent deep dive into the profound bond formed between women. After tragedy struck, Dancyger felt a newfound urgency in…

Kelsey HallMay 20, 2024

Nonfiction

Thrilling & Inspiring Memoir of Adoptee’s Search for Birth Mother

She was that close. So close that their knees almost touched. Nadean Stone was sitting right next to the hospital administrator who held in her hands Nadean’s birth records revealing the name of her birth mother. It was right there. Nadean, adopted 46 years earlier, was about to unlock her…

Jim AlkonFebruary 8, 2023

Nonfiction

Examining Our Culture’s Idealization of Motherhood Through Literary Mothers

“None of the control but all the responsibility. This is the irony underlying woman’s experience.” In any particular novel, the mother is most likely to be one of the least compelling characters. This wasn’t a problem I was cognizant of until The Book of Mothers by Carrie Mullins brought it…

Kelsey HallMay 10, 2024

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3 Audiobooks for Readers Looking to Branch Out

While the new year can be a fantastic reading reset, all the goal-setting can sometimes get overwhelming. I personally love setting new reading goals each year, but I also firmly believe that goals are only as good as the joy and satisfaction they bring you. So I like to get…

Laura SacktonFebruary 2, 2024

Listicles Nonfiction

Two Stunning Memoirs Illuminate Family Trauma, Struggles and Self-Discovery

Lyrical prose paired with harrowing stories of childhood, parental relationships and survival mechanisms make both these memoirs must-reads!

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 13, 2023

Nonfiction

A Wreck of a Life: Deadly Intersection of Wealth, Eugenics and Womanhood

Twentieth-century America brimmed with stories about poor little rich girls: young women born into great wealth yet afflicted with miserable childhoods and marriages. Tales of unhappy heiresses stirred the public’s voyeurism and sense of smugness. Just imagine — all the money in the world can’t make up for life’s disappointments!…

Claudia KeenanDecember 19, 2022

women’s biographies

A Feminist Coming-of-Age That’s Quiet, Powerful and Unforgettable

Books & Looks Podcast: The Forgotten Women Who Made Mountain Climbing History

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Books & Looks Podcast: Embracing the Wild: Lynne Spriggs O’Connor on Nature, Love and Belonging

6 Memoirs About the Unconventional Faces of Motherhood

Books & Looks Podcast: Behind the Bones: Lisa Bailey Unveils FBI’s Forensic Art Secrets

3 Audiobooks for Readers Looking to Branch Out

Two Stunning Memoirs Illuminate Family Trauma, Struggles and Self-Discovery

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