Seasonal Spotlight: Women in History

Take a look at some extraordinary women throughout history.
 

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1. Code girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II

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Author:
Mundy, Liza, 1960-
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II—a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).
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...

2. Fly girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history

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Author:
O'Brien, Keith, 1973-
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--

3. The radium girls: the dark story of America's shining women

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Author:
Moore, Kate (Writer and editor)
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously...