Her-storyathon Readathon - hosted by literarilysmitten

Letters/Essays/Diaries/Memoir
Read the letters, essays, diaries, or memoir of a woman from history.
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Fury: Women write about sex, power and violence by Samantha Trenoweth

Fury: Women write about sex, power and violence

Samantha Trenoweth

177 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

176 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park

273 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine

Just Us: An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

270 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee

Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

Kristen J. Sollee

200 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Elizabeth Keckley

184 pages • first pub 1868 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir informative medium-paced
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