Books

Feminist Literature

15th century
The Book of the City of Ladies   -   Christine de Pisan (ca. 1405)
The Treasure of the City of Ladies   -   Christine de Pisan (ca. 1405)
'The Tale of Joan of Arc   -   Christine de Pisan (1429)

16th century
Her Protection for Women   -   Jane Anger (1589)

1791
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft

1861
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs
1869
The Woman with Prospects, Concepción Arenal, Seville, Spain
1886
Cathy the Caryatid (Polish: Kaśka Kariatyda), novel by Gabriela Zapolska.

1929
A Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf
1938
Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf
1949
The Second Sex", Simone de Beauvoir
1963
The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan
1970
The Female Eunuch", Germaine Greer
Sexual Politics, Kate Millett
The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution, Shulamith Firestone
1975
The Female Imagination, Patricia Meyer Spacks
1976
Literary Women, Ellen Moers
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, Michele Wallace
Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, Adrienne Rich
When God Was A Woman, Merlin Stone
1977
A Literature of Their Own, Elaine Showalter
1979
The Madwoman in the Attic, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar
The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter
1984
Feminist Theory : From Margin to Center, bell hooks
1987
Intercourse, Andrew Dworkin
1989
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Thinking Gender), Judith Butler
1992
Backlash : The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi
Revolution From Within : A Book of Self-Esteem, Gloria Steinem
Women Who Run With the Wolves : Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
1993
Fire With Fire : The New Female Power And How It Will Change the 21st Century, Naomi Wolf
1995
Listen Up : voices from the next feminist generation, ed. Barbara Findlen
To Be Real, ed. Rebecca Walker
1997
The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses, Oyeronke Oyewumi
1999
Stiffed : The Betrayal of the American Man, Susan Faludi

2000
Feminism Is For Everybody :
Passionate Politics, bell hooks ManifestA: young women, feminism, and the future, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
Slut! : Growing Up Female With A Bad Reputation, Leora Tanenbaum
2002
Pink Think : Becoming A Woman In Many Uneasy Lessons, Lynn Peril
2004
Not My Mother's Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism, Astrid Henry
2006
Stripped: Inside The Lives of Exotic Dancers, Bernadette Barton

Sexual Health

• Feminist Women's Health Center series:
• How to Stay Out of the Gynecologist's Office
• A New View of a Woman's Body
• Home Remedies
• A Woman's Book of Choices
• The New Our Bodies, Ourselves   - Boston Women's Health Collective
• Body and Soul: The Black Women's Guide to Physical and Emotional Well-Being   -   Linda Vallarosa
• Stolen Women: Reclaiming our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives   -  Dr. Gail Elizabeth Wyatt
• Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom   -  Christine Northrup, M.D.
• Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal  -  Jeannine Parvati
• A Cooperative Method of Birth Control  -   Margaret Nofziger
• Taking Charge of your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement   -   Toni Weschler, MPH
• The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex   -   Cathy Winks and Anne Semans
• Vagina Monologues   -   Eve Ensler
• Cunt: a declaration of independence   -   Inga Muscio
• The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women  - Tristan Taromino
• Sacred Pleasures   -  Riane Eisler

• Her Blood is Gold   -  Lara Owen
• Honoring Menstruation   -   Lara Owen
• Red Moon: Understanding and Using the Gifts of the Menstrual Cycle   -   Miranda Gray
• Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World   -  Judy Grahn
• Period   -   Joann Gardner-Loulan, Bonnie Lopez, and Marcia Quakenbush
• Red Flower   -  Dena Taylor
• PMS Self Help Book   -  Susan Lark