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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Indian women freedom fighters 1857-1947	Usha Bala	Profiles; includes women social reformers.	OL13496083W
Susan B. Anthony	Lucia Raatma	A biography of Susan Anthony, a brave women who worked for equal rights of all people, including women's rights and the rights of African-Americans.	OL15050607W
Jane Addams	David Armentrout,Patricia Armentrout	A biography of the woman who founded Hull-House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States, and who later became involved in the international peace movement	OL15118553W
Island of tears	Troy Soos	New York novelist Marshall Webb's chance meeting with a young Dutch immigrant leads him into New York's underworld that exploits new immigrants.	OL15826867W
Dorothea Dix	Amy Paulson Herstek	Traces the life and career of a great social reformer, from her strict upbringing, through her years as a teacher and Civil War nurse, to her work as a lobbyist in Congress.	OL16025686W
Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse	Suraya Sadeed	From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in inhuman situations deemed …	OL16114380W
An American radical	Susan Rosenberg	The author, a radical and political prisoner, recounts her journey from the impassioned idealism of the 1960s to her thirteen-year imprisonment, during which she suffered dehumanizing treatment combi…	OL17692481W
Between modernity and nationalism	Mushirul Hasan	Biography of Turkish woman author and Gandhian follower Halide Edip Adivar, 1884-1964.	OL18610575W
This little trailblazer	Joan Holub	This board book highlights ten memorable female trailblazers.	OL19662843W
Malala	Malala Yousafzai	"Malala retells her story of speaking out for girls' education rights for chapter book readers"--	OL19763128W
She takes a stand	Michael Elsohn Ross	Offers portraits of women who have fought for such important issues as human rights, civil rights, women's rights, and world peace, including anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells, suffragist Alice Pau…	OL20009476W
Eleanor and Hick	Susan Quinn	A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok--a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play…	OL20038063W
Gertrude Weil	Leonard Rogoff	"It is so obvious that to treat people equally is the right thing to do," wrote Gertrude Weil (1879-1971). In the first-ever biography of Weil, Leonard Rogoff tells the story of a modest southern Jew…	OL20058101W
Biografi tokoh Kongres Perempuan Indonesia Pertama	Suratmin	Biographies of Indonesian women active in Kongres Perempuan Indonesia, the Indonesian Women Congress in 1928.	OL23495327W
Margery Spring Rice	Lucy Pollard	"This book vividly presents the story of Margery Spring Rice, an instrumental figure in the movements of women’s health and family planning in the first half of the twentieth century. Margery Spring …	OL23498547W
The life of Harriet Tubman	Emma Lynch	One of a series of biographies of famous figures aimed at young readers aged 5-7.	OL27061533W
Florence Kelley	Carol Saller	A biography of the determined woman who worked to improve the lives of children, the poor, and adult workers.	OL2752670W
Dorothy Day	Patrick Jordan	By any measure, Dorothy Day lived a fascinating life. She was a journalist, activist, single mother, convert, Catholic laywoman, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A lifelong radical who…	OL27709250W
Jane Addams	Wheeler, Leslie	A biography of the wealthy woman who realized her ambition to live and work among the poor and founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States.	OL3924526W
Harriet Martineau	Miller, Florence Fenwick	Based largely on Martineau's autobiography this is a sensitive biography of one of the nineteenth century's most eminent reformers and thinkers.	OL7309672W