The Liberal Arts Theme Steering Committee put together this list of suggested titles related to women’s activism. For a broader array of educational resources on the topic of women’s activism, visit our Educational Resources page.
The Liberal Arts Undergraduate Council hosts a book club to discuss books and articles on the subject of women’s activism. The group meets biweekly on Mondays from 6:00–7:00 p.m. EDT. More information will be coming soon.
- Borderlands / La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa
- Loving in the War Years: Lo que nunca pasó por sus labios by Cherríe Moraga
- This Bridge Called My Back, collection of essays edited by Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherríe Moraga
- BeastGirl and Other Origin Myths by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Sexile, A Graphic Novel Biography of Adela Vázquez by Jaime Cortez
- Vanguard by Martha Jones
- Free Thinker by Kimberly Hamlin
- Sophonisba Breckinridge by Anya Jabor
- Picturing Political Power by Allison Lange
- Why the Marched by Susan Ware
- The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss
- Votes for Women by Kate Lemay
- Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist by Cynthia Orozco
- Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement by Cathleen D. Cahill
- The Nation Writ Small: African Fiction and Feminisms 1958-1988 by Susan Andrade
- Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Joines by Carol Boyce Davies
- Comrade Sister: Caribbean Feminist Revisions of the Grenada Revolution by Laurie R. Lambert
- The Archival Turn in Feminism: Outrage in Order by Kate Eichhorn
- Cartooning for Suffrage by Alice Sheppard
- My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
- Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart
For Younger Audiences
- I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
- The American Library Association put together a women’s suffrage reading list for children. It is divided into the following categories: pre-k through elementary, middle school, high school.