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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for young readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
After her father's death in 1872, Faith takes over his job as lighthouse keeper on Lake Superior, until her mother decides to move into town, where Faith finds herself stifled by the role society expects her to play.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In early twentieth century Brooklyn, Ruby endures many hardships including the flu epidemic, the death of family members, and even starvation, until her pitching talents open new opportunities in the changing world of sports for women.
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Romance and historical inspirational readers love Kim Vogel Sawyer's gentle stories of hope, and this sweet Kentucky tale is certain to entertain and encourage"--
"1907. After tragedy leaves its mark on Rebekah Hardin's family she plans to help her parents and six siblings honor her beloved brother's memory and alleviate their poverty by working as a guide in the dangerous cave system. Kentucky's renowned Mammoth Cave presents profitable opportunities...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Set in medieval times, this coming-of-age story follows Scholastica, or “Tick,” as she sets out to prove to her father that she deserves to be his candle-making apprentice despite being forbidden from helping because she's a girl.
87) Sworn virgin
Author
Publisher
And Other Stories
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Several years after choosing to identify as male to become a sworn virgin according to Albanian tradition, Mark accepts an invitation to join his cousin in Washington, D.C., allowing him to escape his vow and revert back to life as Hana.
89) Evvy's Civil War
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In Virginia in 1860, on the verge of the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Evvy chafes at the restrictions that her society places on both women and slaves.
Author
Series
Contributions in women's studies ; no. 159
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Rinehart
Pub. Date
[1951]
Language
English
Description
"The female of the species vanished on the afternoon of the second Tuesday of February at four minutes and fifty-two seconds past four o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. The event occurred universally at the same instant, without regard to time belts, and was followed by such phenomena as might be expected after happenings of that nature." On a lazy, quiet afternoon, in the blink of an eye, our world shatters into two parallel universes as men vanish...
95) The wife app
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three best friends decide they're finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. They're ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process. Lauren, mother of twins, wakes up one morning to her Wife Alarm Bells sounding. She sleuths on her husband's phone and stumbles on a dirty secret that explodes her marriage. Madeline has it all--a penthouse apartment, a perfect...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of all women. They are the last generation. One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women's bodies lie buried. These are the first...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
In Texas in 1886, Ellen finds her desire to be a cattle rancher discouraged by family members who do not think it a proper choice for a girl, but she proves her worth when drought threatens the ranch. In this novel set on a Texas cattle ranch in 1886, young Ellen wants to be a rancher in spite of her father's objections. When her wounded brother returns from battle, twelve-year-old Mary must get help for him without telling her father, a wealthy Tory,...
100) Karitas untitled
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up on a farm in early twentieth-century rural Iceland, Karitas Ólafsdóttir, one of six siblings, yearns for a new life. But she is powerless against the fateful turns of real life and all its expectations of women. Pulled back time and again by design and by chance to the Icelandic countryside - as dutiful daughter, loving mother, and fisherman's wife - she struggles to thrive, to be what she was meant to be."--
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