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• The Portable Feminist Reader

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  Roxane Gay is one of the most prolific and consequential writers on modern feminist theory. She edited this collection that spans thousands of years and features writings by authors of diverse backgrounds. Suggested by Brenna.

• Hijab Butch Blues

  a Memoir

  H, Lamya,

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  A searingly personal memoir of a Muslim butch lesbian’s experience immigrating to the United States. The author beautifully incorporates her identity into her faith, and her faith into her identity. Suggested by Amy G.

• How Women Made Music

  a Revolutionary History From NPR Music

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  For music lovers, songwriters, and historians, here is a title that dives deeply into how the influences of women (and their perseverance despite all of the hardships that came their way) molded the music world into what it is today. Suggested by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Year of the Tiger

  An Activist's Life

  Wong, Alice, 1974-2025,

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  We lost disabled activist Alice Wong in late 2025, and her absence is greatly felt. This book is her kaleidoscopic, multimedia autobiography. It features the writing, art, interviews, and more of a great, very funny woman who changed the world in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Conjuring of America

  Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic

  Stewart, Lindsey (Lindsey L.),

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  From Black philosopher and feminist Lindsay Stewart comes a meticulously researched masterwork about the history and impact of Black conjure women. Mixing West African ancestral spiritual beliefs with local herbal knowledge, these women have healed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Access

  Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-year Battle for Reproductive Freedom

  Grant, Rebecca (Journalist),

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  Timely and well-researched, this book covers 60 years of reproductive freedom activism in the United States and the women who fight for it. In investigative style, Rebecca Grant shows how the fight for abortion rights has intertwined with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Right to Sex

  Feminism in the Twenty-first Century

  Srinivasan, Amia, 1984-

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  Philosopher Amia Srinivasan takes a wide look at the feminist movement and the issues it faces today through a collection of thoughtful and clearly written essays. Publishers Weekly says, "Throughout, Srinivasan returns to the question of who has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman

  Stratis, Niko,

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  Part of the American Music series of memoirs edited by Jessica Hopper, Charles Hughes, and Hanif Abdurraqib, this book is both vulnerable and insightful. Niko Stratis writes about finding solace and understanding through the tenderness of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Femina

  a New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It

  Ramirez, Janina, 1980-

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  See the medieval world with fresh eyes and discover why these remarkable women were removed from our collective memories. Through the careful examinations of artifacts and writings, this title uncovered the true impact of women from the Middle Ages.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Tears Brown Scars

  How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

  Hamad, Ruby,

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  The Washington Post calls this "A stunning and thorough look at white womanhood that should be required reading for anyone who claims to be an intersectional feminist." Suggested by Skokie staff.

• Sister Outsider

  Lorde, Audre,

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  Well before the term ‘intersectionality’ was officially coined by Kimberly Crenshaw in 1989, Black lesbian poet and philosopher Audre Lorde was working with the same ideas. The book includes some of her best-known work, including her landmark essay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Still Mad

  American Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination, 1950-2020

  Gilbert, Sandra M.,

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  Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar provide a sweeping history of the feminist movement through the lives, works, and stories of so many women who have contributed to it. They write about the gains the movement has made and the challenges it faced and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Women of NOW

  How Feminists Built An Organization That Transformed America

  Turk, Katherine,

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  The history of NOW―its organization, trials, and revolutionary mission―told through the work of three members. Featuring 16 pages of black-and-white images, author Katherine Turk chronicles the resilience of the often unrecognized group of women…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finish the Fight!

  The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

  Chambers, Veronica

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  I learned so much from reading this book. This revisionist look at the Women Suffrage movement shines a light on the internal struggles of the movement while also featuring queer women, women of color, and Native women whose stories have been…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Manifesto

  on Never Giving Up

  Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959-

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  This memoir by Bernadine Evaristo, Booker-Prize winning author (Girl, Woman, Other), is her first work of nonfiction. This memoir about her biracial heritage is also a powerful meditation on resilience, the power of creativity, commitment to civic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Black Women's History of the United States

  Berry, Daina Ramey,

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  A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of Black women to show how they are—and have always been—instrumental in shaping our country. Two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

  Lorde, Audre,

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  "A collection of Lorde’s groundbreaking prose and poems on race, injustice, intersectional feminism, and queer identity. A trailblazing Black lesbian writer and activist, Lorde (1934-1992) produced a prolific and profound body of work. In this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists

  a Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights

  Kendall, Mikki,

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  This book covers key figures and events that have improved women's lives from ancient times to the present. Included are the stories of notable individuals and groups who have led progressive movements in suffrage, abolition, labor, civil rights,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Women's History of the Modern World

  How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years

  Miles, Rosalind,

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  An internationally bestselling author, Rosalind Miles presents a witty history of the extraordinary female rebels, reactionaries, and trailblazers who left their mark on history, from the French Revolution to the present day. Women in the arts,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein

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  First published in 1994, this is now part of the transfeminine literary canon. Kate Bornstein creates a witty and talkative narrative out of her life experience, and it’s absolutely worth a reread now to see the ways that our cultural attitudes…Read moreRead more of this annotation