Her-storyathon Readathon 2024 - hosted by charlottecoyne

Activist/political woman
If she took a stand for something she believed in, it counts for this prompt!
All books added
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Jack Weatherford

317 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs): A Study in Insecurity by Helen Castor

Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs): A Study in Insecurity

Penguin Monarchs

Helen Castor

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history informative fast-paced
The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

Kate Moore

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir

Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife

Six Tudor Queens #6

Alison Weir

480 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative medium-paced
Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale by Sean Driscoll, Sean Driscoll

Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale

Sean Driscoll, Sean Driscoll

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World by Kate Pankhurst

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

Kate Pankhurst

32 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction feminism middle grade informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One by Alison Weir

Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One

England's Medieval Queens #1

Alison Weir

608 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history informative slow-paced
Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson

Rebecca Boggs Roberts

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced