Her-storyathon Readathon 2024 - hosted by charlottecoyne

Women at Leisure
Girls just wanna have fun- reading about women's pursuit of leisure activities. 
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The Grass Ceiling: On Being a Woman in Sport by Eimear Ryan

The Grass Ceiling: On Being a Woman in Sport

Eimear Ryan

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction memoir medium-paced
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine by Rozsika Parker

The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine

Rozsika Parker

320 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown

The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

Nancy Marie Brown

306 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. by Holly C. Corbett, Jennifer Baggett, Amanda Pressner

The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World.

Holly C. Corbett, Jennifer Baggett, Amanda Pressner

538 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous slow-paced
Bluestockings: The First Women's Movement by Susannah Gibson

Bluestockings: The First Women's Movement

Susannah Gibson

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics
Love and Other Wicked Things by Philline Harms

Love and Other Wicked Things

Philline Harms

344 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin

The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe

Kate Strasdin

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

Tricia Hersey

5 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age by Debby Applegate

Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

Debby Applegate

576 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective sad medium-paced
Wanderlust: The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist by John Van Wyhe
Wanderlust: The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist
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John Van Wyhe

Wanderlust: The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the First Female Tourist

John Van Wyhe

316 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography nature travel informative reflective slow-paced
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