Biographies of Significant Historical Women

Nonfiction only, please. Not for historical fiction/novels!
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message 1: by Edith (last edited Mar 11, 2018 05:47PM) (new)

Edith The following books on this list are novels, not non fiction:
"Queen's Confession: A FICTIONAL Autobiography" by Victoria Holt
"Wife to the Bastard" by Hilda Lewis
"What the Lady Wants" by Renee Rosen
"Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan
"Blonde" by Joyce Carol Oates

Really, not bad for such a long list.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I would be happy to remove them if you told me where on the list they could be found.


message 3: by Katie (new)

Katie Edith wrote: "The following books on this list are novels, not non fiction:
"Queen's Confession: A FICTIONAL Autobiography" by Victoria Holt
"Wife to the Bastard" by Hilda Lewis
"What the Lady Wants" by Renee R..."


I think I found, double-checked that they were indeed fiction, and deleted those that you mentioned. Thanks for helping keep this list nonfiction.


message 4: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn What is meant by "Historical"? Are contemporary women who are making history considered historical?


message 5: by Katie (new)

Katie Carolyn wrote: "What is meant by "Historical"? Are contemporary women who are making history considered historical?"

That is an excellent clarifying question. I think for me personally when I created the list several years ago I was thinking of generally using the markers required for historical sites and/or archaeology, which is older than 50 years, but I know that I've also seen qualifying ladies added to the list who are more recent than that (e.g., Sally Ride). In other words, I think that a contemporary woman who is affecting change that will be history-making would qualify. When I first made this list many years ago, I also didn't consider trans women or those who don't fit the gender binary, but I could see those individuals also qualifying for this list.


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