American Womens History

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    • White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
    • By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 19-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy....

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    • A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries
    • By: Susan Fair
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 13-12-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • American Witches reveals strange incidents of witchcraft that have long been swept under the rug as bizarre sidenotes to history....

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    • Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
    • By: Keeanga -Yamahtta Taylor
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 20-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s....

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    • Penguin Modern Classics
    • By: Angela Y. Davis
    • Narrated by: Angela Y. Davis, Natalie Simpson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 15-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation....

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    • Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History...and Our Future!
    • By: Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
    • Release date: 16-08-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Like all A-Z books, this one illustrates the alphabet - but instead of "A is for apple", A is for Angela - as in Angela Davis, the iconic political activist....

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    • A Radical Democratic Vision
    • By: Barbara Ransby
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 30-03-21
    • Language: English
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    • In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles civil rights activist Ella Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher....

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    • Clara Barton and the Civil War
    • By: Stephen B. Oates
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-20
    • Language: English
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    • When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a 39-year-old woman who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency....

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    • True Civil War Stories from the Men and Women of the Old South
    • By: Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
    • Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 18-10-22
    • Language: English
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    • They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the Confederacy....

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    • The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • By: Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 302 ratings
    • Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program....

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    • The American History of an Idea
    • By: Lillian Faderman
    • Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
    • Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 15-03-22
    • Language: English
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    • What does it mean to be a “woman” in America? Award-winning gender and sexuality scholar Lillian Faderman traces the evolution of the meaning from Puritan ideas of God’s plan for women....

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    • The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West
    • By: Katie Hickman
    • Narrated by: Katie Hickman, Nerissa Bradley
    • Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 29-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies, novels, folk-legends and ballads that popular imagination has been able to create....

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    • The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture
    • By: Karen L. Cox
    • Narrated by: Pam Ward
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 23-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Karen L. Cox's history of the UDC, an organization founded in 1894 to vindicate the Confederate generation and honor the Lost Cause, shows why myths surrounding the Confederacy continue to endure....

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    • Poems to Empower
    • By: Zetta Elliott
    • Narrated by: Channie Waites
    • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
    • Release date: 14-01-20
    • Language: English
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    • Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices....

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    • The History of an American Sport
    • By: Michella M. Marino
    • Narrated by: P. J. Morgan
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-22
    • Language: English
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    • Michella M. Marino, herself a former skater, tackles the history of a sport that has long been a cultural mainstay for one reason both utterly simple and infinitely complex: Roller derby has always been coed....

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    • By: Gabriela Garcia
    • Narrated by: Frankie Corzo, Gabriela Garcia
    • Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 15-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • For fans of American Dirt, a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born....

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    • An Intimate History of Black Feminism
    • By: Jenn M. Jackson
    • Narrated by: Jenn M. Jackson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 23-01-24
    • Language: English
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    • Jenn M. Jackson, PhD, has been known to bring historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work....

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    • A Journey Through the Deep State
    • By: Kerry Howley
    • Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
    • Length: 7 hrs
    • Release date: 21-03-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Who are you? You are data about data. You are a map of connections—a culmination of everything you have ever posted, searched, emailed, liked, and followed....

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    • An American History Book for Kids
    • By: Jenifer Bazzit
    • Narrated by: Therese Plummer
    • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 28-04-20
    • Language: English
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    • Women have always been at the forefront of American history - and now it's time to hear their stories! This look into American history for kids is bursting with engaging biographies that explore the lives of these inspiring women from different backgrounds and a wide array of fields....

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    • Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
    • By: Anastasia C. Curwood
    • Narrated by: Gina Daniels
    • Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-23
    • Language: English
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    • Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an "unbought and unbossed" firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change....

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