{"id":69850,"date":"2017-03-08T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=69850"},"modified":"2017-03-08T09:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:05:46","slug":"international-womens-day-10-inspiring-non-fiction-books-written-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/international-womens-day-10-inspiring-non-fiction-books-written-women\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day: 10 inspiring non-fiction books written by women"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate International Women’s Day today,\u00a0<\/span><\/span> we’ve put together a collection of fantastic non-fiction by women to add to your reading list. Whether you’re after something fierce or funny, a manifesto or a meditation, you’ll find something to resonate with you.<\/p>\n

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10 inspiring non-fiction books written by women
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\"\"Shrill
\nby Lindy West
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A laugh-out-loud feminist memoir from one of the boldest new voices on the web.<\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em> columnist Lindy West wasn’t always loud. It’s difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women everywhere, along the road she found her voice – and how she found it! That cripplingly shy girl who refused to make a sound, somehow grew up to be one of the loudest, shrillest, most fearless feminazis on the internet, making a living standing up for what’s right instead of what’s cool.<\/p>\n

In Shrill<\/em>, Lindy recounts how she went from being the butt of people’s jokes, to telling her own brand of jokes – ones that carry with them with a serious message and aren’t at someone else’s expense. She reveals the obstacles and stereotyping she’s had to overcome to make herself heard… Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Hidden Figures
\nby Margot Lee Shetterly
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Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as \u2018Human Computers\u2019, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these \u2018coloured computers\u2019 used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.<\/p>\n

Moving from World War II through NASA\u2019s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women\u2019s rights movement, \u2018Hidden Figures\u2019 interweaves a rich history of mankind\u2019s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world… Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n

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