Erin's votes on the list Female Biographies

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1	Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle by Lois W. Banner 3.58 avg rating — 72 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Downey (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 2,604 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. by Sarah Helm 4.09 avg rating — 2,111 ratings Erin added it to hibernating See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund 4.32 avg rating — 2,432 ratings Erin rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	"Socialism Is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China by Lijia Zhang (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 540 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai 4.07 avg rating — 7,092 ratings Erin rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America by Tara Bahrampour 4.09 avg rating — 218 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Red Azalea: A Memoir by Anchee Min 3.85 avg rating — 10,770 ratings Erin rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Painted Shadow: The Life of Vivienne Eliot by Carole Seymour-Jones 3.79 avg rating — 119 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Mercury 13 by Martha Ackmann 3.98 avg rating — 983 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The White-Boned Demon: A Biography of Madame Mao Zedong, Based on Unique Chinese Sources by Ross Terrill 3.68 avg rating — 229 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies―Empowering Stories of Heroic Women Who Changed the Course of History During the American Revolution by Cokie Roberts 3.64 avg rating — 9,011 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Emma's War by Deborah Scroggins 3.83 avg rating — 2,115 ratings Erin rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Ladies and Not-So-Gentle Women: Elisabeth Marbury, Anne Morgan, Elsie de Wolfe, Anne Vanderbilt, and Their Times by Alfred Allan Lewis 3.49 avg rating — 35 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA – A Powerful Biography of the Woman Airbrushed Out of Scientific History by Brenda Maddox 4.12 avg rating — 2,613 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki 3.93 avg rating — 27,610 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins 4.16 avg rating — 4,890 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Indira by Katherine Frank (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 2,395 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 4.30 avg rating — 124,397 ratings Erin rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Vera by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 1,394 ratings Erin added it to hibernating See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Gellhorn: A Twentieth Century Life by Caroline Moorehead 4.08 avg rating — 790 ratings Erin rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari – A Biography of the Notorious Dancer Accused of Espionage and Her Search for Truth by Pat Shipman 3.56 avg rating — 619 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman 3.78 avg rating — 20,278 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era by Lauren Kessler (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 157 ratings Erin added it to aborted See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Tania: Undercover with Che Guevara in Bolivia by Ulises Estrada Lescaille 3.72 avg rating — 65 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain 3.64 avg rating — 5,178 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 4,637 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell 3.92 avg rating — 14,387 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Almost There by Nuala O'Faolain 3.66 avg rating — 713 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century by Paula Uruburu (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 3,093 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah 3.91 avg rating — 29,227 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer 3.46 avg rating — 1,117 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne by Ben Hills 3.26 avg rating — 789 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill by Anne Sebba (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 476 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	A Very Private Woman : The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer by Nina Burleigh (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 605 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by Sterling Seagrave 3.81 avg rating — 678 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 6,174 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips 4.23 avg rating — 1,413 ratings Erin rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu 3.93 avg rating — 2,130 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 3.99 avg rating — 1,980 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie by Barbara Goldsmith 4.07 avg rating — 3,198 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World by Claudia Roth Pierpont 3.78 avg rating — 181 ratings Erin rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser 3.71 avg rating — 2,800 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored by Mary Gabriel 3.67 avg rating — 444 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Virginia Woolf: An Inner Life by Julia Briggs 4.15 avg rating — 676 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	An American Radical: A Political Prisoner in My Own Country by Susan Rosenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 115 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Mae West: An Icon in Black and White by Jill Watts (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 74 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Golda by Elinor Burkett 4.03 avg rating — 518 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Story of Chicago May by Nuala O'Faolain 3.24 avg rating — 469 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog 3.97 avg rating — 8,860 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown 4.30 avg rating — 4,611 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera 4.01 avg rating — 74,318 ratings Erin rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Queen of Bohemia: The Life of Louise Bryant by Mary V. Dearborn 4.09 avg rating — 69 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China by Hannah Pakula 3.78 avg rating — 496 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal by Vicki Constantine Croke 3.83 avg rating — 1,366 ratings Erin rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat – An Extraordinary Biography from a Native American Perspective by Paula Gunn Allen 3.35 avg rating — 158 ratings Erin added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars