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Rebel Cinderella : from rags to riches to radical, the epic journey of Rose Pastor Stokes

Hochschild, Adam, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

923.673 STO

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SD_ILS:518132

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We are not here to be bystanders : a memoir of love and resistance

Sarsour, Linda, 1980- author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

923.673 SAR

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SD_ILS:551709

15.

The dragons, the giant, the women [CD] : a memoir

Moore, Wayétu, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Call Number

966.62033 MOO

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SD_ILS:558776

16.

Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir

Ha, Robin, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.906912 HA

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SD_ILS:523674

17.

The dragons, the giant, the women : a memoir

Moore, Wayétu, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

966.62033 MOO

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SD_ILS:555460

18.

Malaya : essays on freedom

Barnes, Cinelle, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

959.9048 BAR

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SD_ILS:624694

19.

The American dream? : a journey on Route 66 discovering dinosaur statues, muffler men, and the perfect breakfast burrito

Khor, Shing Yin, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

917.80434 KHO

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SD_ILS:511942

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Immigrant girl, radical woman : a memoir from the early twentieth century

Rabinowitz, Matilda, 1887-1963 author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

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Call Number

331.886 RAB

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SD_ILS:464211

21.

Jackie's girl : my life with the Kennedy family

McKeon, Kathy.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

Call Number

920.72 ONA

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SD_ILS:418737

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Entre las sombras del sueño Americano : mi historia real de cómo siendo una inmigrante indocumentada llegué a ser una ejecutiva de Wall Street

Arce, Julissa, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

SPA 973.046872 ARC

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SD_ILS:448657

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Amarcord, Marcella remembers : the remarkable life story of the woman who started out teaching science in a small town in Italy, but ended up teaching America how to cook Italian

Hazan, Marcella

Publication Date

2008

Format:

Book

Call Number

926.415 HAZ

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SD_ILS:170859

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Funny in Farsi : a memoir of growing up Iranian in America

Dumas, Firoozeh, author.

Publication Date

2004

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.049155 DUM

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SD_ILS:799119

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Arce, Julissa.

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Barnes, Cinelle.

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Campoverdi, Alejandra.

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Chao, Buwei Yang, 1889-1981.

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Child, Julia.

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Drayton, Tiffanie.

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Dumas, Firoozeh.

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Karikó, Katalin.

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Kennedy family.

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McKeon, Kathy.

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Minority women -- United States -- Conduct of life.

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Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985-

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Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.

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Moua, Ia.

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Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 -- Friends and associates.

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People with albinism -- Philippines -- Biography.

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Philippines -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

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Prem, Deja Vu.

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Rabinowitz, Matilda, 1887-1963.

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Racism -- United States.

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Sahni, Julie.

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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography.

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Secrecy -- United States.

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Shirley, Norma.

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Socialist Party (U.S.) -- Biography.

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Song, Hyeseung -- Mental health.

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Song, Hyeseung.

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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-

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United States Highway 66 -- Description and travel -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

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