--- title: "Books to Read for Women Curious about Womens Rights ..." description: "Jailed to Freedom: American Women Win the Vote by Doris Stevens; The Future of Feminism by Sylvia Walby; In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller; Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done about It by Mariko Lin Chang; At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance – a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L McGuire; More ..." url: "https://books.allwomenstalk.com/read-these-books-to-learn-more-about-womens-rights/" category: "books" last_updated: "2026-05-25" --- # Books to Read for Women Curious about Womens Rights ... 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. ## 1. Jailed to Freedom: American Women Win the Vote by Doris Stevens ![Jailed to Freedom: American Women Win the Vote by Doris Stevens](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/zh/ok/yozko0uh570e6770889b3544883471_500x475.jpg) A firsthand account from suffragist Doris Stevens about the fight for female equality related to many different events in American history. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 2. The Future of Feminism by Sylvia Walby ![The Future of Feminism by Sylvia Walby](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/li/gv/qtuhwzt4570e67703caa5711510671_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 3. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller ![In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/y3/ng/ehohj06n570e6771f1a7d467675959_600x910.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 4. Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done about It by Mariko Lin Chang ![Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done about It by Mariko Lin Chang](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nx/uf/dek4gzmj570e6770e10e1573893960_500x500.jpg) An in depth look at just how bad the difference in pay is for men and women across the United States of America. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 5. At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance – a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L McGuire ![At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance – a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L McGuire](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/zy/us/md6yivak570e677133bc8627607265_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 6. Generation Roe: inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement by Sarah Erdreich ![Generation Roe: inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement by Sarah Erdreich](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/hg/oi/z6kmoixw570e677140456283628344_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 7. The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich ![The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/n4/yt/w4a7w2ea570e67732c1ae904694458_500x500.jpg) A book about the battle for fair wages in the work place, specifically the story of 46 female employees at Newsweek in 1970. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 8. Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement by Sally G. McMillen ![Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement by Sally G. McMillen](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ku/uh/om0qmjwl570e6772b0bfd984868853_500x464.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 9. The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women’s Rights by Minky Worden ![The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women’s Rights by Minky Worden](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nx/hp/dvcoxkh1570e67736accf445822737_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 10. Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: What It Will Take for a Woman to Win by Anne E. Kornblut ![Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: What It Will Take for a Woman to Win by Anne E. Kornblut](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/t5/vk/uabmov01570e6773be2b6701813570_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 11. Recording Gender: Women’s Changing Participation in Computing by Janet Abbate ![Recording Gender: Women’s Changing Participation in Computing by Janet Abbate](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fh/kq/y8yver1a570e6773f0301113077894_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 12. The Becoming of Bodies: Girls, Images, Experience by Rebecca Coleman ![The Becoming of Bodies: Girls, Images, Experience by Rebecca Coleman](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/zc/cd/j8cuo35k570e67747a625532313644_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 13. Modern Women in China and Japan: Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity between the Wars by Katrina Gulliver ![Modern Women in China and Japan: Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity between the Wars by Katrina Gulliver](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ho/sh/ykkvyz5b570e677532e6f397061715_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 14. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood ![The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/f7/wy/ylrzju89570e6776177c5133960417_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 15. When Everything Changed: the Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins ![When Everything Changed: the Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/nc/b8/yocvnqwq570e67764f34d531301331_500x500.jpg) 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. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 16. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher ![Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/bi/d7/krw9cz39570e677661ca9934232945_500x500.jpg) A psychology-heavy book which explores the argument that women become strong when they refuse to be quietened during their adolescent years. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 17. Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi ![Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/wp/fz/m0dbhzla570e677687a23739116607_500x500.jpg) A fascinating story about a woman in Iran who organized a book club for women to read all of the country’s banned literature. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 18. The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir ![The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/pt/u0/bt8955w0570e677904b1b345005723_600x920.jpg) One of the iconic works of feminist literature that still feels as relevant today as it must have done in 1953. Buy at: [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) ## 19. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft ![A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/q8/br/b973br7t570e677a2b3c8621127756_600x900.jpg) 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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