HIST 3383 / HIST 5382: Women Making History Now

Barbara Mikulski; Kay Bailey Hutchison; Dianne Feinstein; Barbara Boxer; Patty Murray; Olympia Snowe; Susan Collins; Mary Landrieu; Blanche Lincoln.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a legal icon. In more than four decades as a lawyer, professor, appellate judge, and associate justice of the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg has influenced the law and society in real and permanent ways. This book chronicles and evaluates the remarkable achievements Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made over the past half century. Including chapters written by prominent court watchers and leading scholars from law, political science, and history, it offers diverse perspectives on an array of doctrinal areas and on different time periods in Ginsburg's career. Together, these perspectives document the impressive legacy of one of the most important figures in modern law.

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, created by the young lawyer who began the Internet sensation and an award-winning journalist, takes you behind the myth for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work.

From description: "Songwriter, singer, and performance artist."

From publisher description: "one of our nation's foremost nonprofit leaders"

From description: "President of Manhattanville College; philanthropic advisor to the Rockefeller family; pivotal board member of some of the most generous foundations in the world."

From description: "Essential American novelist, whose critically acclaimed, bestselling books offer lively, powerful depictions of black America. The first African American woman to be honored with the Nobel Prize in literature."

The first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. From the lessons she learned in Chicago to the messages she shares as one of the most recognizable women in the world, the story of this First Lady is the story of America.

From description: "First female nominee on a Republican national presidential ticket."

From description: "Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World."

The definitive biography of the first Latina and third woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court.

From description: "International television talk show icon, a billionaire, a noted philanthropist, and an adoptive mother of underprivileged children."