Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony in Oregon by Jennifer Chambers, 2018

Author Jennifer Chambers revives the inspirational fight for women's rights by examining the dynamic between these two powerful women and how they changed not just the Beaver State but the country as a whole.

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Dorothy Day by John Loughery & Blythe Randolph, 2020

Dissenting Voice of the American Century

The first full authoritative biography of Dorothy Day, American icon, radical pacifist, Catholic convert, and activist whom Pope Francis I compared to Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln.

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Please join me in supporting a change.org petition, "Quash the conviction of Florence Chandler Maybrick." https://chng.it/7QNW6TzzQm
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Florence was an unjustly imprisoned American woman who spent 15 years in British gaols.

My 8-years-long Work-In-Progress, a 200K-word biography of Florence, is titled, "Death of the Cat Lady."
I would love to connect with #literaryagents & #SmallPublishers interested in #historical #biographies of #AmericanWOMEN .

They left the US for Europe: "Brilliant Exiles" by Robyn Asleson et al. tells the stories of about 60 #AmericanWomen in 1900-1939 Paris, in glorious artworks & articles, incl. on #JosephineBaker, #BereniceAbbot, #ZeldaFitzgerald, #GertrudeStein & more

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Proving Ground

For fans of Code Girls and Hidden Figures, PROVING GROUND is the untold, WWII-era story of the six American women who programmed the world's first modern computer.

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Valiant Women is the story of the 350,000 American women who served in uniform during World War II. These incredible women served in every service branch, in every combat theater, and in nearly two-thirds of the available military occupations at the time.

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