Library Reads for International Women's Day

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March 8 is International Women's Day and was created to focus on the achievements of women across the globe and emphasize the continued need to push for gender parity. 

International Women's Day: We will choose to challenge gender stereotypes and bias #ChooseToChallenge

This year's theme is "Choose to Challenge," acknowledging that gender bias left unchallenged allows it to continue. 

To celebrate International Women's Day, check out some of the books that the Durham Tech Library has online and in our physical collection to celebrate women's voices, accomplishments, and experiences. 

  • Rejected Princess: Illustrated Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by Jason Porath
    Available at the Main Campus (CT 3203 .P77 2016)
  • The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich
    Available at the Main Campus (D 810 .W7 A5313 2017)
  • Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
    Available at the Main Campus (HQ 1413 .C67 C67 2019)
  • Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT by Jane Stern
    Available at the Orange County Campus (RA 645.6 .C8 S747 2003)
  • The Moment of Lift: how empowering women changes the world
    Available at the Main Campus Wynn Collection (HQ 1155 .G38 2019)
  • The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
    Available at the Main Campus (DT 450.437 .W36 A3 2019)
  • The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
    Available at the Orange County Campus (E 901.1 .P684 A3 2019)
  • God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by kathy iandoli
    Available at the Main Campus (ML 3531 .I26 2019) and as an audiobook through Dogwood Digital
  • factory girls: from village to city in a changing china by leslie t chang
    Available at the Main Campus (HD 9734 .C55 C53 2008)
  • half the sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide by nicholas d. kristof and sheryl WuDunn
    Available at the Main Campus (HQ 1236.5 .D44 K75 2009)
  • Imagining ourselves: global voices from a new generation of women edited by paula goldman
    Available at the Main Campus (HQ 1155 .I63 2006)
  • New daughters of Africa: an international anthology of writing by women of African descent edited by Margaret busby
    Available at the Main Campus (PN 6068 .N49 B8 2019)
  • girl decoded: a scientist's quest to reclaim our humanity by bringing emotional intelligence to technology by rana el kaliouby
    Available at the Main Campus (Q 143 .E54 E55 2020)
  • the dragon, the giant, the woman: a memoir by wayetu moore
    Available as an ebook through Dogwood Digital
  • proud shoes: the story of an american family by pauli murray
    Available at the Main and Orange County Campus (E 185.96 .M96 1999)
  • gender in the 21st century by opposing viewpoints in context
    Available at the Main Campus (HQ1075 .G46 2019)
  • Stand up and shout out: women's fight for equal pay, equal rights, and equal opportunities in sports by joan steidinger
    Available at the Main Campus (GV 709 .S744 2020)
  • Represent: the woman's guide to running for office & changing the world by june diane raphael and kate black
    Available at the Main Campus (JK 2281 .R37 2019)

Want to check one of these books out? You can either request it yourself through the catalog or contact us and we can get it for you and schedule a time for you to come get it.

To check out our ebooks and audiobooks available through Dogwood Digital Library, log in using your Durham Tech username and password, just like they can access databases off-campus. Ebooks and audiobooks check out for 21 days and can be read on your phone, tablet, or computer through the Overdrive/Libby app or once logged into Dogwood Digital. 

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