Last year, the National Women’s History Alliance selected as their theme “Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced.” Since most women’s suffrage events were canceled in 2020, they extended the theme for 2021 as it “captures the spirit of these challenging times.” In honor of that theme, Spokane Public Library created a selection of fiction and non-fiction books for Women’s History Month honoring women who used their voices to speak out. These books by women honor the spirit of women’s empowerment.
Non-Fiction
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Becoming by Michelle Obama
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Educated by Tara Westover
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Woman’s Hour: the Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss
Fiction
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Old Baggage by Lissa Evans
The Power by Naomi Alderman