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[1998] Meredith Books
First edition.
192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
974.768 Wic
1 available
974.768 Wic
1 available
2021. Scribner
First Scribner hardcover edition.
xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
974.768 Wic
1 available
974.768 Wic
1 available
[2021] Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
11 audio discs (approximately 13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2021. Thorndike Press
Large print edition.
685 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"Harriet Tubman--no-nonsense, funny, uncannily prescient, and strategically brilliant--was one of the most important conductors on the underground railroad and hid the enslaved men, women and children she rescued in the basement kitchens of Martha Wright, Quaker mother of seven, and Frances Seward, wife of Governor, then Senator, then Secretary of State William H. Seward. Harriet worked for the Union Army in South Carolina as a nurse and spy, and...
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Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
973.0496 Mil
1 available
973.0496 Mil
1 available
2021. Random House
First edition.
xvii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
973.0496 Mil
1 available
973.0496 Mil
1 available
2021 Books on Tape
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
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3 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
2021 Random House Publishing Group
Libby/OverDrive
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3 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
2021 Random House Publishing Group
Libby/OverDrive
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3 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
2022. Thorndike Press a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Large print edition.
645 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis, the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag with a few precious items as a token of love and to try to ensure Ashley's survival. Soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the bag in spare yet haunting language--including Rose's wish...
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Glenside Public Library District - Adult Biography
Bio Harnack, M.
1 available
Bio Harnack, M.
1 available
2021. Little, Brown and Company
First edition.
xiv, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Adult Biography
Bio Harnack, M.
1 available
Bio Harnack, M.
1 available
[2021] Hachette Audio
Unabridged.
11 audio discs (14 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2021 Hachette Audio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
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2021 Little, Brown and Company
Libby/OverDrive
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2021 Little, Brown and Company
Libby/OverDrive
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Description
Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.
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Glenside Public Library District - Teen NonFiction
Teen NF History Women 8
1 available
Teen NF History Women 8
1 available
[2019] Ten Speed Press
First edition.
195 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Teen NonFiction
Teen NF History Women 8
1 available
Teen NF History Women 8
1 available
Description
"A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights. The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that...
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[2008] Smithsonian Books
First edition.
xvi, 272 pages ; 24 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
973.3 Dav
1 available
973.3 Dav
1 available
[2008] HarperLuxe
First HarperLuxe edition.
xviii, 347 pages ; 22 cm
[2008] HarperLuxe
First HarperLuxe edition.
xviii, 347 pages ; 22 cm
Description
An iconoclastic look at America's past: overlooked episodes that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, these narratives bring to light little-known but fascinating, myth-busting facts. Read the story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists; the coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella,...
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Glenside Public Library District - Adult Biography
Bio Frank, A.
1 available
Bio Frank, A.
1 available
[2009] Harper
First edition.
x, 322 pages ; 22 cm
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Glenside Public Library District - Adult Biography
Bio Frank, A.
1 available
Bio Frank, A.
1 available
[2009] HarperLuxe
Large print edition.
x, 431 pages (large print) ; 23cm
Description
Francine Prose argues that the diary of Anne Frank is as much a deliberate work of art as it is an historical record, noting its literary merits and thoroughly investigating the diary's unique afterlife as one of the world's most read, and banned, books.
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[2014] Harper Perennial
First Edition.
xiv, 320 pages ; 21 cm
2017. Olive Editions
xvii, 380 pages ; 19 cm
eAudiobook
2014 HarperAudio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
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eBook
2014 HarperCollins
Libby/OverDrive
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2014 HarperCollins
Libby/OverDrive
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Description
"From Roxane Gay comes this collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation. 'Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink--all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.' ...
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[2020] Beacon Press
xiv, 218 pages ; 23 cm
[2020] Beacon Press
xiv, 218 pages ; 22 cm
[2020] Beacon Press Audio
Unabridged.
6 audio discs (approximately 6 hr., 39 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2020 Beacon Press
Libby/OverDrive
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1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.
2020 Beacon Press
Libby/OverDrive
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1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.
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"A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--[this book] recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Revisioning American history volume 5
[2020] Beacon Press
xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
920.0092 Ber
1 available
920.0092 Ber
1 available
[2021] Beacon Press
[Edition] with revised afterword.
xii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
[2020] Beacon Press Audio
Unabridged.
8 audio discs (approximately 10 hr., 2 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Available Online
2020 Beacon Press
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
2020 Beacon Press
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
2020 Beacon Press
Libby/OverDrive
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Description
"A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country. In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women's unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component...
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On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
920.72 Cli
2 available
920.72 Cli
2 available
2019. Simon & Schuster
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
xii, 450 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
920.72 Cli
2 available
920.72 Cli
2 available
[2019] Audioworks, imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
12 audio discs (approximately 14.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2019 Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
2019 Simon & Schuster
Libby/OverDrive
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2019 Simon & Schuster
Libby/OverDrive
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2019. Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Large print edtion.
785 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them -- women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there's a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the...
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[2022]. Pantheon Books
First edition
x, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
2022 Books on Tape
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
Description
"Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs....
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2021. Simon & Schuster
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
xix, 536 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Adult Biography
Bio Doudna, J.
1 available
Bio Doudna, J.
1 available
2022. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
xxi, 536 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm
2021. Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
13 audio discs (approximately 16 hr., 4 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
2021 Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
Description
"When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback, titled The Double Helix, on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the building blocks of life. Even though her high...
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2017. Hachette Books
First edition.
xiv, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
940.5486 Mun
1 available
940.5486 Mun
1 available
2018. Hachette Books
First trade edition.
xiv, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
[2017] Hachette Audio
Unabridged.
12 audio discs (14 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Available Online
2017 Hachette Audio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
2017 Hachette Books
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
2017 Hachette Books
Libby/OverDrive
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2017. Hachette Books
Large print edition, First edition.
xiv, 620 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
[2017] Playaway
Unabridged.
1 audio media player (14 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
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2019. Gallery Books
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
xxi, 360 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
2019. Gallery Books
xxiii, 371 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
2019. Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged.
8 audio discs (600 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2019 Simon & Schuster Audio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
2019 Gallery Books
Libby/OverDrive
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
2019 Gallery Books
Libby/OverDrive
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
2019. Center Point Large Print
Center Point Large Print edition.
438 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
[2019] Findaway World, LLC
Unabridged.
1 audio media player (approximately 10 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"The extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II. The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war-hero father's footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and one plane crash later, she finally lands in occupied France to begin her...
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2021. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
vii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
eAudiobook
2021 HarperAudio
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.
eBook
2021 HarperCollins
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 8 people are on the wait list.
2021 HarperCollins
Libby/OverDrive
Checked Out
1 copy, 8 people are on the wait list.
2021. Thorndike Press
Large print edition.
455 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Description
"Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out and wanted up. Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5'3" and 5'9", between 105 and 140 pounds, and under 26 years of age at the time of hire....
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2020. Picador
First Picador paperback edition, 2020.
viii, 286 pages ; 22 cm
2019. Henry Holt and Company
First edition.
x, 259 pages ; 22 cm
[2019] Macmillan Audio
Unabridged.
6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
2020. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Large print edition.
319 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
[2019] Findaway World, LLC
Unabridged.
1 audio media player (7 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"This remarkable book presents a unique portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing on more than twenty years of conversations with Jeffrey Rosen, starting in the 1990s and continuing through the Trump era. Rosen, a veteran legal journalist, scholar, and president of the National Constitution Center, shares with us the justice's observations on a variety of topics, and her intellect, compassion, sense of humor, and humanity shine through. The...
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[2021] Doubleday
First American edition.
xxi, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
2022. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company Gale Cengage Learning
Large print edition.
745 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
"A gripping group portrait of six revolutionary women writers during World War II "I am going to Spain with the boys," Martha Gellhorn wrote. "I don't know who the boys are but I am going with them." On the front lines of the Second World War, the lives of six remarkable women intertwined: Lee Miller, the Vogue cover model and photographer who lived in Paris as Man Ray's lover before becoming a war correspondent for the magazine; Martha Gellhorn,...
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On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
940.54 Ros
1 available
940.54 Ros
1 available
[2019] Crown
First edition.
xi, 384 pages : map ; 25 cm
On Shelf
Glenside Public Library District - Nonfiction
940.54 Ros
1 available
940.54 Ros
1 available
Available Online
2019 Books on Tape
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
[2019] Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Large print edition.
695 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"The dramatic, inspiring story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to sabotage the Nazis, shore up the Resistance, and pave the way for Allied victory in World War II."--Provided by publisher.
"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special...
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[2021] W.W. Norton & Company
First edition.
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
eAudiobook
Available Online
2021 HighBridge
Unabridged
Libby/OverDrive
Available Online
2021. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Large print edition.
567 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male...