Women's History Month | Bruce County Public Library

Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World

by Reid, Eliza

Book - 2022

Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman -- but why? Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland's attitude toward women-...Show more Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman -- but why? Eliza Reid, the First Lady of Iceland, examines her adopted homeland's attitude toward women--the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement. Show less

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Women in White Coats

How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

by Campbell, Olivia

Book - 2021

The true stories of three pioneering women who defied Victorian-era boundaries to become the first women doctors, discussing how they banded together to support each other and advocate for women's health in a male-dominated field. The true stories of three pioneering women who defied Victorian-era boundaries to become the first women doctors, discussing how they banded together to support each other and advocate for women's health in a male-dominated field. Show less

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The Light of Days

The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

by Batalion, Judith

Book - 2020

A history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women, some still teenagers, who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. A history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women, some still teenagers, who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Show less

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Nothing but the Truth

A Memoir

by Henein, Marie

Book - 2021

A memoir by Marie Henein, Canadas top (and most controversial) defense lawyer. She weaves her personal story with her strongly held views on societys most pressing issues, legal and otherwise. A memoir by Marie Henein, Canadas top (and most controversial) defense lawyer. She weaves her personal story with her strongly held views on societys most pressing issues, legal and otherwise. Show less

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History Vs Women

The Defiant Lives That They Don't Want You to Know

by Sarkeesian, Anita

Book - 2018

Reclaimed stories of twenty-five remarkable women who dared to defy history and change the world around them. From Mongolian wrestlers to Chinese pirates,...Show more Reclaimed stories of twenty-five remarkable women who dared to defy history and change the world around them. From Mongolian wrestlers to Chinese pirates, Native American ballerinas to Egyptian scientists, Japanese novelists to British Prime Ministers, History vs Women will reframe the history that you thought you knew. Show less

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Playing the Long Game

A Memoir

by Sinclair, Christine

Book - 2022

Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and h...Show more Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. A book of earned wisdom on the value of determination and team spirit, and on leadership that changed the landscape of women's sport. Show less

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Becoming

by Obama, Michelle

Book - 2018

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. With honesty and wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. With honesty and wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it Show less

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You're History

The Twelve Strangest Women in Music

by Chow, Lesley

eBook - 2021

Raucous, sensual and sublime: how twelve pioneering female artists rewrote the rules of pop. From Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj, from Janet Jackson to TLC and ...Show more Raucous, sensual and sublime: how twelve pioneering female artists rewrote the rules of pop. From Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj, from Janet Jackson to TLC and Taylor Swift, pop's greatest female pioneers are simply strange: smashing notions of taste and decorum, and replacing them with new ideals of pleasure. Show less

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Libertie

by Greenidge, Kaitlyn

Book - 2021

A novel reimagining the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York State, and her daughter, Libertie. As she grow...Show more A novel reimagining the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York State, and her daughter, Libertie. As she grows up, Libertie, who narrates, recognizes constraints on her freedom yet discovers new possibilities in Reconstruction-era United States and Haiti. Show less

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Daughters of the Deer

by Daniel, Danielle

Book - 2022

In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ancestors in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s, a story...Show more In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ancestors in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s, a story inspired by her family link to a girl murdered near Trois-Rivières in the early days of French settlement. Show less

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The Woman With the Cure

by Cullen, Lynn

Book - 2023

A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic. It dives into the life of Dorothy Hortsmann, a doctor whose contribution to the development of the polio vaccine helped eradicate the disease. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic. It dives into the life of Dorothy Hortsmann, a doctor whose contribution to the development of the polio vaccine helped eradicate the disease. Show less

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Women Talking

A Novel

by Toews, Miriam

Book - 2018

Based on real events that happened between 2005 and 2009 in a remote Mennonite community where more than 100 girls and women were drugged unconscious and ...Show more Based on real events that happened between 2005 and 2009 in a remote Mennonite community where more than 100 girls and women were drugged unconscious and raped in the night by what they were told were "ghosts" or "demons." By turns poignant, furious, witty, acerbic, tender, devastating, and heartbreaking, the voices in this extraordinary novel are unforgettable. Show less

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