Women's History Month for Adults

Materials about, for, and pertaining to women, women's history, historical or significant female figures
 

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1. The dressmaker's war: a novel

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Author:
Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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"In London, 1939, Ada Vaughan is a young woman with an unusual dressmaking skill, and dreams of a better life for herself. That life seems to arrive when Stanislaus, an Austrian aristocrat, sweeps Ada off her feet and brings her to Paris. When war breaks out, Stanislaus vanishes, and Ada is taken prisoner by the Germans, she must do everything she can to survive: by becoming dressmaker to the Nazi wives. Abandoned and alone as war rages, the choices...

2. Eleanor and Hick: the love affair that shaped a first lady

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Author:
Quinn, Susan, 1940-
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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"In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. By that time, she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life--now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next thirty years,...