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Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. In the 19th century, Florence Nightingale and Clara...

Women who were sixty or older at the turn of the twenty-first century have lived through some of recent history's...

These forty-eight powerful stories and poems etch in vivid detail the breakthrough moments experienced by women during the life-changing era...

This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Madame Jumel, born Eliza Bowen in 1775,...

Although Sojourner Truth was born into bondage and oppression, in liberation she emerged as a leader in the most radical...

A biography for older readers on Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse best known for her work during the Crimean War,...

A very personal, entertaining and engaging memoir of growing up with a severely disabled sibling. Author: Rice, Cecilia Publisher: Allen & Unwin Illustration:...

For the estimated 14 million stepmothers living in the United States, this memoir provides an honest reflection of the stepmom...

This novel revolves around the life of Archana Guha, whose unique destiny became the subject of continuous media attention for...

A fresh and sensitive examination of Eleanor Roosevelt—one of the most remarkable Americans in history—and the tortured father who would...

In 2009, Samieh Hezari made a terrible mistake. She flew from her adopted home of Ireland to her birthplace in...

The award-winning author of The Peabody Sisters takes a fresh look at the trailblazing life of a great American heroine—Thoreau’s...

A woman who went West with her husband in the 1840s must have expected hardships and privation, but during the...

 After leaving home at a young age and defying her parents to marry the dashing Garrett Maupin, Martha Maupin's future...

When Jill Allen-King OBE, suddenly lost her sight at the age of 24, with little help and advice available from...

In 1395, a poor and illiterate French woman began to experience nightly visions of devils and angels. Was she a...

Originally published in 1969, this is the first biography of Susan Isaacs, the first attempt to estimate her incalculable contribution...

An abandoned quarry at one o'clock in the morning. Cars skidding in the gravel, their headlights carving through the darkness....

The Victorian era has been one of the most influential in shaping modern British society, and Victoria herself is a...

An intimate portrait of the lives and writings of the Brontë sisters, drawn from the objects they possessed. In this...