Reading Women Challenge 2020 #6 A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian

1.
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women 4.09 avg rating β€” 64,215 ratings
2.
The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating β€” 121,028 ratings
3.
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster 4.40 avg rating β€” 62,914 ratings
4.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating β€” 33,014 ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) 4.37 avg rating β€” 19,431 ratings
6.
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Women & Power: A Manifesto 4.02 avg rating β€” 38,435 ratings
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating β€” 115,039 ratings
8.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating β€” 72,136 ratings
9.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,730 ratings
10.
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,722 ratings
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A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300
A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300 3.62 avg rating β€” 2,007 ratings
12.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating β€” 8,677 ratings
13.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,591 ratings
14.
The Life of Elizabeth I
The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating β€” 32,631 ratings
14.
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World 4.38 avg rating β€” 6,791 ratings
16.
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating β€” 23,622 ratings
17.
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating β€” 16,522 ratings
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The Children of Henry VIII
The Children of Henry VIII 4.01 avg rating β€” 15,352 ratings
18.
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome 4.06 avg rating β€” 76,882 ratings
20.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating β€” 167,137 ratings
21.
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 3.64 avg rating β€” 7,096 ratings
21.
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating β€” 43,232 ratings
21.
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
The Secret History of Wonder Woman 3.73 avg rating β€” 16,561 ratings
24.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,147 ratings
25.
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation 3.64 avg rating β€” 8,822 ratings
26.
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
by: Erika Lee
4.33 avg rating β€” 1,126 ratings
27.
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra 3.88 avg rating β€” 24,078 ratings
28.
An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew 3.73 avg rating β€” 27,003 ratings
29.
Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean 4.29 avg rating β€” 588 ratings
30.
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle 4.34 avg rating β€” 1,113 ratings
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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman 4.17 avg rating β€” 3,246 ratings
32.
The Women's History of the World
The Women's History of the World 3.80 avg rating β€” 4,174 ratings
32.
Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530-1603
Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen 1530-1603 3.48 avg rating β€” 1,079 ratings
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Women of the Revolution
Women of the Revolution 3.96 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power
She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power 4.34 avg rating β€” 43,154 ratings
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Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,068 ratings
37.
Mafioso: A history of the Mafia from its origins to the present day (A Delta book)
Mafioso: A history of the Mafia from its origins to the present day (A Delta book) 4.38 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
37.
A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe
A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe 3.69 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
37.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating β€” 46,348 ratings
37.
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty 4.45 avg rating β€” 5,136 ratings
41.
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating β€” 38,046 ratings
41.
Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts
Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts 3.85 avg rating β€” 635 ratings
43.
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Are Prisons Obsolete? 4.52 avg rating β€” 28,732 ratings
43.
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,925 ratings
45.
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,821 ratings
45.
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval 4.43 avg rating β€” 4,693 ratings
45.
A Black Women's History of the United States
A Black Women's History of the United States 4.29 avg rating β€” 3,589 ratings
48.
Snowflake Bentley
Snowflake Bentley 4.13 avg rating β€” 16,413 ratings
49.
The Making of Asian America: A History
The Making of Asian America: A History
by: Erika Lee
4.32 avg rating β€” 2,702 ratings
50.
American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work
American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,672 ratings
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement 4.44 avg rating β€” 33,942 ratings
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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found 4.10 avg rating β€” 5,113 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating β€” 74,671 ratings
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Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations 3.70 avg rating β€” 2,354 ratings
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How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,694 ratings
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,039 ratings
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,286 ratings
58.
Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story 3.83 avg rating β€” 13,571 ratings
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating β€” 46,348 ratings
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President 4.22 avg rating β€” 81,268 ratings
61.
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
by: Ruby Lal
3.82 avg rating β€” 848 ratings
62.
Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience
Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience 4.30 avg rating β€” 2,881 ratings
63.
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War 4.30 avg rating β€” 11,661 ratings
64.
AΕ›oka and the Decline of the Mauryas: With a new afterword, bibliography and index
AΕ›oka and the Decline of the Mauryas: With a new afterword, bibliography and index 3.81 avg rating β€” 348 ratings
65.
Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History
Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History 3.63 avg rating β€” 227 ratings
66.
Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History
Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History 3.66 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
67.
On Nationalism
On Nationalism 3.57 avg rating β€” 355 ratings
68.
A History of New South Wales
A History of New South Wales 3.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women (Intersections, 15)
Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women (Intersections, 15) 3.65 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
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RavensbrΓΌck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
RavensbrΓΌck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women 4.41 avg rating β€” 4,916 ratings
71.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene) 3.99 avg rating β€” 3,554 ratings
72.
Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace
Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace 4.08 avg rating β€” 468 ratings
73.
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire 4.09 avg rating β€” 4,832 ratings
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Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India
Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India 3.83 avg rating β€” 662 ratings
75.
A Social History of Tea
A Social History of Tea 4.01 avg rating β€” 140 ratings
76.
Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad 3.53 avg rating β€” 1,089 ratings
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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,227 ratings