'women'

Hidden Figures is about three women who defied all expectations. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were three Black women who worked for NASA during the time of racial segregation. These three women were the brains behind one of the greatest events in history: sending astronaut John Glenn to space. Their achievement restored America’s confidence and was a huge turning point for the world-wide Space Race.

When the element radium was discovered, it made headlines around the nation. It was the new wonder drug of the medical industry. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls work tirelessly in radium factories painting dials with radium dust. Their clothes glowed from the dust they used to paint with every day. They were the lucky ones — until girls started becoming mysteriously sick. Radium companies denied claims of the gruesome side effects of their new “wonder” substance. The girls’ courage to face adversity has changed the way we live and saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a book about Henrietta Lacks and how a part of her will live on forever. Henrietta was a poor tobacco farmer when she contracted cancer. While being treated, some of her cells were taken without her knowledge. These cells, when tested, became one of the most important tools in medicine. These cells were named HeLa cells after Henrietta and were the first “immortal” human cells grown in culture. They are still alive today even though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital in developing the polio vaccine and more. This book captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery and its human consequences.

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger
FICTION • CD Audiobook

A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses.

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

by Maria Semple
FICTION

After her infamous mother goes missing, Bee must take a trip to the end of the earth to find her.

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng
FICTION • ebook • CD Audiobook

When old family friends attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that threatens to upend a carefully ordered community.

The Power

by Naomi Alderman 
SCIENCE FICTION

What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?

The Handmaid’s Tale

by Margaret Atwood
FICTION • ebook

Set in the near future, the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans.