Books for Women’s History Month

Classical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra.

An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing exceptional careers from 1840 to the present.

The groundbreaking feminist and socialist writings of Puerto Rican author and activist Luisa Capetillo.

Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award • A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks is the definitive political biography of Parks, examining her six decades of activism and challenging passive perceptions of her contributions in the civil rights movement.

From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory reckoning with the myth and the truth behind an American everyone knows and few really understand.

For the past five decades Ms. has been the nation’s most influential source of feminist ideas. Here is the best reporting, fiction, and advertising, decade by decade, as well as the best photographs and features that reveal and reflect the changes set in motion by Ms., along with the iconic covers that galvanized readers.

A Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people.” (The Times)