I received a copy of Rad Women Worldwide and after looking through the list I realized I had read two books and owned others by/about some of the women…and I figured it would be a lot of fun to find more books for the others featured in this book. This is a low-key challenge for myself, but if you’d like to join in and have a link up please let me know and I’ll get one set up.
Basic Guidelines
- There are 40 women featured in Rad Women Worldwide, the goal is to read one book about or by each of these women.
- No deadline
- There are 250 more women listed in the back of the book, those books can count as well but this list will focus on the 40 and I will add the others as I read them.
- I’m adding books I’ve found for each woman. The ones that are underlined & red are the books I’ve chosen to read.
The Rad Women List
- Enheduanna: The Exaltation of Inanna (Religious/Mythology/Poem)
- Malala Yusafzai: I Am Malala (Autobiography)
- Kalpana Chawala: The Life and Times of Kalpana Chawla by Abhishek Kumar (Biography), Comm Check by Michael Cabbage (Nonfiction)
- Aung San Suu Kyi: Letters from Burma (Nonfiction), Freedom from Fear (Nonfiction), The Voice of Hope (Biography)
- Qiu Jin: Chinese Joan of Arc by Marie-Laure De Shazer (Biography)
- Junko Tabei: Honouring High Places: The Mountian Life of Junko Tabei by Junko Tabei & Helen Rolfe (Biography)
- Fe Del Mundo:
- Dame Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira: Rangi and his Dinosaurs (Children’s Book)
- Faith Bandler: Faith: Faith Bandler, Gentle Activist by Marilyn Lake (Biography), Welou, My Brother by Faith Bandler (Biographical Fiction)
- Live Arnesen & Ann Bancroft
- Miriam Makeba
- Wangri Maathai
- Kasha Jacqueline Nagabasera
- Funmilayo Ransom Kuti
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie (Fiction), We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Adichie (Nonfiction)
- Hatshepsut: The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara Cooney (Biography)
- Madres De La Plaza De Mayo
- Marta
- Quintreman Sisters
- Policarpa “La Pola” Salvarrieta
- Bastardilla
- Nanny of the Maroons
- Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz
- Frida Kahlo
- Queen Lili’Uokalani
- Venus and Serena Williams
- Birute Mary Galdikis
- Buffy Saint-Marie
- Eniac Programmers
- Guerrilla Girls
- Grace “Granuale” O’Malley
- Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
- Poly Styrene
- Sophie Scholl
- Marie Curie and Irene Joliot-Curie
- Josephine Baker
- Maria Montessori
- Hypatia
- Emma Goldman
In Libris Veritas 