Office of the Gender and Woman's Studies Librarian

Start Over Subject Autobiography and Biography Region North America Era 19th Century

1. Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

Author: Claire Hoffman
Publication date: 2025

2. A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Camille Peri
Publication date: 2024

3. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Author: Natalie Dykstra
Publication date: 2024

4. Forever Belle: Sallie Ward of Kentucky

Author: Randolph Paul Runyon
Publication date: 2024

5. Métis Matriarchs: Agents of Transition

Editor: Cheryl Troupe and Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
Publication date: 2024

6. Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People

Author: Tiya Miles
Publication date: 2024

7. The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President

Author: Edward F. O'Keefe
Publication date: 2024

8. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

Author: Margalit Fox
Publication date: 2024

9. A Brave and Lovely Woman: Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Mark Borthwick
Publication date: 2023

10. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather

Author: Benjamin Taylor
Publication date: 2023

11. Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé

Author: Elizabeth Cobbs
Publication date: 2023

12. Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison, Socialite Spy

Author: Janet Wallach
Publication date: 2023

13. Louise Blanchard Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect

Author: Kelly Hayes McAlonie
Publication date: 2023

14. Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

Author: Jennifer Wright
Publication date: 2023

15. The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family

Author: Kerri K. Greenidge
Publication date: 2023

16. The Life and Times of Elizabeth Upham Yates: A Crusader for Women's Suffrage, Temperance, and Missionary Work

Author: Shannon Risk
Publication date: 2023

17. Amelia Stone Quinton and the Women's National Indian Association: A Legacy of Indian Reform

Author: Valerie Sherer Mathes
Publication date: 2022

18. Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

Author: Betsy Prioleau
Publication date: 2022

19. In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Black Cultural Icon and Humanitarian

Author: Helen Rappaport
Publication date: 2022

20. Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood

Author: Hilary A. Hallett
Publication date: 2022