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Women’s History Month Reading List

March is Women’s History Month.

In this blog post, we highlight biographies and autobiographies featuring women, with a focus on health and medicine.

Happy Women’s History Month and happy reading!

Mary Putnam Jacobi & the politics of medicine in nineteenth-century America Cover — Mary Putnam Jacobi & the politics of medicine in nineteenth-century America by Carla Bittel

Bipolar faith: a black woman's journey with depression and faith Cover — Bipolar faith: a black woman’s journey with depression and faith by Monica A. Coleman

Petals and bullets : Dorothy Morris : New Zealand nurse in the Spanish civil war cover — Petals and bullets: Dorothy Morris: New Zealand nurse in the Spanish civil war by Mark Derby

In danger: a memoir of family and hope cover — In danger: a memoir of family and hope by Josepha Dietrich

Life and death in Kolofata: an American doctor in Africa cover — Life and death in Kolofata: an American doctor in Africa by Ellen Einterz

Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate cover — Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt: nineteenth-century physician and woman’s rights advocate by Myra C. Glenn

Wild unrest : Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the making of "The yellow wall-paper" cover — Wild unrest: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the making of “The yellow wall-paper” by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

Bold women of medicine : 21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs cover — Bold women of medicine : 21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs by Susan M. Latta

Mary Elizabeth Garrett : society and philanthropy in the Gilded Age Cover — Mary Elizabeth Garrett: society and philanthropy in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Waters Sander

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks cover — The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Pretending to be Normal : Living with Asperger's Syndrome cover — Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger’s Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) by Liane Holliday Willey

Making a Difference cover — Making a Difference by Libertina Amathila