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• I Am Malala

  the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

  Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-

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  I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

• Invisible Women

  Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

  Criado-Perez, Caroline

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  Written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, highly readable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.

• In Praise of Difficult Women

  Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules

  Karbo, Karen

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  This witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths in the world.

• Stolen Sisters

  the Story of Two Missing Girls, Their Families and How Canada Has Failed Indigenous Women

  Walter, Emmanuelle, 1969-

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  Stolen Sisters is a moving and deeply shocking work of investigative journalism that makes the claim that not only is Canada failing its First Nations communities, but that a feminicide is taking place.

• Difficult Women

  Gay, Roxane

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  A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection.

• Fly Girls

  How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

  O'Brien, Keith, 1973-

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  Fly Girls celebrates a little-known slice of history in which tenacious, trail-blazing women braved all obstacles to achieve greatness.

• The Exceptions

  Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

  Zernike, Kate

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  The inspiring account of the sixteen female scientists who forced MIT to publicly admit it had been discriminating against its female faculty for years—sparking a nationwide reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science.

• Hidden Figures

  the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

  Shetterly, Margot Lee

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  The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space—a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shut Up, You're Pretty

  Stories

  Mutonji, Téa, 1995-

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  Tinged with pathos and humour, these stories interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed.

• Unbroken

  My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

  Sterritt, Angela

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  A remarkable work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds.

• Madame Fourcade's Secret War

  the Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

  Olson, Lynne

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  The dramatic true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade--codename Hedgehog--the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II.