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With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism
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Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering
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You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War
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Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
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The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
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The Life She Wished to Live: A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling
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The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
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3.86 avg rating — 451 ratings
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Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” – Nellie Bly and the Women Who Changed Journalism Forever
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Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women's Equality in Minnesota
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In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
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Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
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Mike Nichols: A Life
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Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
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The Incredible Nellie Bly: Journalist, Investigator, Feminist, and Philanthropist
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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The Princess Spy
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Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader
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Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay
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4.01 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend
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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
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Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank
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4.16 avg rating — 216 ratings
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The Radical Potter: The Life and Times of Josiah Wedgwood
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3.72 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane
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Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
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It's Her Story - Ida B. Wells - A Graphic Novel
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It's Her Story: Dolly Parton
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Atlanta’s Iconic Ape: The Life of Willie B
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The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix
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A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge
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His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
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The King's Painter: The Life of Hans Holbein
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Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny
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The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five (Books About Books)
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Tied Up in Knotts: My Dad and Me
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
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The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden (Bestselling Historical Nonfiction)
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Jimmy Carter: Citizen of the South
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Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence
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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
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You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico
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Bad Motherfucker: The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood
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Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
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Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
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A Life Of Picasso: The Minotaur Years: 1933-1943
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The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters
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