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Miss-tory Memoirs and Biographies

OPL titles to read for Women's History Month or any month.

Oakland Public Library

12 items

  • Code Girls

    the Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

    Mundy, Liza, 1960-
    Book, 2017New York : Hachette Books, 2017. — 940.54867 MUNDY
  • Book, 2014New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2014. — BIO SOTOMAYOR 2014
  • Carry

    a Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

    Jensen, Toni,
    Book, 2020New York : Ballantine Group, [2020] — 978.40049 JENSEN
  • Dorothy Parker

    What Fresh Hell Is This?

    Meade, Marion, 1934-
    Book, 1988New York : Villard Books, 1988, c1987. — BIO PARKER
  • Florynce "Flo" Kennedy

    the Life of a Black Feminist Radical

    Randolph, Sherie M.
    Book, 2015Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015. — BIO KENNEDY
  • Frida Kahlo

    Her Life, Her Art, Her Home

    De La Mora, Francisco,
    Graphic Novel, 2023London : SelfMadeHero, 2023. — 759.972 KAHLO
  • Grandma Gatewood's Walk

    the Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

    Montgomery, Ben
    Book, 2014Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, c2014. — BIO GATEWOOD