Since March is Women's History Month, I've invited Michelle Habrych, friend and writer, to talk about some wide-ranging books, fiction and nonfiction, that tell stories of women in history.
Michelle's list discussed:
- Lady Tan's Circle of Women, by Lisa See
- Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
- Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, by Allison Pataki
- The Women, by Kristin Hannah
- Becoming Madam Secretary, by Stephanie Dray
- Women of Chateau Lafayette, by Stephanie Dray
- My Dear Hamilton, by Stephanie Dray
- Well Behaved Women, by Therese Ann Fowler
- The Social Graces, by Renee Rosen
- Reference to "The Gilded Age" on HBO
- Vanderbilt, by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe
- Astor, by Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe
- The Rainbow Comes and Goes, by Anderson Cooper and & Gloria Vanderbilt
- Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
- Having Our Say, by Sarah & Elizabeth Delaney
- Radium Girls, by Kate Moore
- First Women, by Kate Andersen Brower
- Founding Mothers, by Cokie Roberts
- Ladies of Liberty, by Cokie Roberts
- Capital Dames, by Cokie Roberts
- Rise of the Rocket Girls, by Nathalia Holt
- Hidden Figures, by Margo Lee Shetterly
- The Almost Astronauts (children's book), by Tanya Lee Stone
- The Astronaut Wives' Club, by Lily Koppel
- Fly Girls, by Keith O'Brien
- Eighty Days, by Matthew Goodman
- Ten Days in a Mad House, by Nellie Bly
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacke, by Rebecca Skloot
- The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom
- The Swans of Harlem, by Karen Valby
Nikki's List discussed:
- Lone Women, by Victor LaValle
- Take My Hand, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- White Chrysanthemum, by Mary Lynn Bracht
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson
- Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes
- The Witches, by Stacy Schiff
- The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
- "Rules of the Game" (short story), by Amy Tan
- Clan of the Cave Bear, by Jean Auel
- Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden
- Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson
- Bright Young Women, by Jessica Knoll
- Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
- Go as a River, by Shelly Read
- Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
- Fever, by Mary Beth Keane
- Clark and Division, by Naomi Hirahara
- Tallgrass, by Sandra Dallas
- Northern Spy, by Flynn Berry
- Lost Apothecaryt, by Sarah Penner
- Mercy House, by Alena Dillon
