I don’t know if it’s just me but it seems that equality and women’s rights is quite high on the media agenda in recent months. Women always know this issue is out there but the media has given more and extensive coverage to bring attention to what is only right and proper – that women are considered equal to men in all ways. This has made me realize that I need (and want) to know more about the issue and I’ve got a reading list of books about women’s rights to share with you.
A firsthand account from suffragist Doris Stevens about the fight for female equality related to many different events in American history.
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An interesting read that sums up women’s rights and equality to this point, and ventures to guess what the future of the movement might entail.
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A memoir by a women’s rights activist that gives you insights in to the lives and times of iconic figures including Germaine Greer, Gloria Steinam and Betty Friedan.
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An in depth look at just how bad the difference in pay is for men and women across the United States of America.
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An essential book about the history of women’s rights specifically related to black women, including, of course, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus riots.
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One of the best books about women’s rights, Generation Roe takes a comprehensive look at the history of reproduction rights from before Wade vs. Roe and beyond it.
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A book about the battle for fair wages in the work place, specifically the story of 46 female employees at Newsweek in 1970.
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A trip to the past that gives the reader a detailed and interesting account of the very first stages of the US women’s rights movement at the Seneca Falls Convention.
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A book that reminds us that even though it is 2016, there is still a lot to be done. Read tales of women’s suffering from America all the way through to the Middle East.
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An interesting look at women’s rights and equality from the political side of things; an examination of what exactly it will take for a woman to win the general election.
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A really interesting book dedicated to the absence of historical credit for women in the computing industry, from World War II all the way through to the twenty first century.
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A fascinating book about the study of images, and how images in the media have a direct impact on how women feel about their bodies and subsequently how women are treated.
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A complex read about the history of women in Japan and China from the 1930s through to the present day, with the ever-growing influence of the West as a motivator.
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This is novel rather than a non-fiction book, but the story about a society where nearly all doors are closed for women is very poignant and can be applied to periods of real life.
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Focusing on the important decade of the 60s, Gail Collins takes the reader on a journey through the last 50 years of the women’s rights movement.
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A psychology-heavy book which explores the argument that women become strong when they refuse to be quietened during their adolescent years.
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A fascinating story about a woman in Iran who organized a book club for women to read all of the country’s banned literature.
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One of the iconic works of feminist literature that still feels as relevant today as it must have done in 1953.
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Another early work of feminist genius from Mary Wollstonecraft who campaigned and argued for the equal education for young girls and women.
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Happy reading ladies!