The Most Influential Women in History: Over 100 Memoirs & Biographies
Memoirs and Biographies of Suffrage, Reform, Labor, and Women's RightsBy Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Julia Ward Howe, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mother Jones, Helen Wright, Margaret Sanger, Helen Keller, Catherine H. Birney, Sarah H. Bradford
Length199h 25m
About this audiobook
The Most Influential Women in History: Over 100 Memoirs & Biographies gathers a capacious archive of female achievement, dissent, and public service across political, social, intellectual, and humanitarian spheres. Blending memoir, biography, speech, reform writing, and historical portraiture, the volume places intimate testimony beside accounts of collective struggle. Its selections illuminate suffrage campaigns, labor activism, reproductive autonomy, abolitionist memory, disability advocacy, and women's expanding claims to civic authority, while preserving the varied rhetorical registers through which such claims were made. The contributors represent a remarkable constellation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century reform culture. Their experiences intersect with abolitionism, first-wave feminism, progressive-era social criticism, organized labor, pacifism, public health reform, and the international suffrage movement. Alongside activists who wrote from the front lines of agitation are memorialists and biographers who shaped the historical record of women's leadership. Their combined voices reveal influence not as a single heroic quality, but as a network of organizing, witnessing, educating, publishing, and enduring political resistance. Recommended for students, historians, and general readers alike, this anthology offers an unusually broad entry into women's history through primary-inflected narratives and biographical interpretation. Readers will find both educational depth and compelling variety in its many perspectives, and will be invited to trace productive dialogues between personal experience, public rhetoric, and historical remembrance across a transformative era.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (12)
Includes Amazon
GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length199 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Women of the Suffrage Movement: Memoirs & Biographies of the Most Influential Suffragettes (Annotated)
2The Most Influential Women in History: Over 100 Memoirs & Biographies
3Memoirs:
4Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun (Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun) (pt. 1)
5Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun (Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun) (pt. 2)
Show all chaptersShow less
6Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun (Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun) (pt. 3)
7Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun (Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun) (pt. 4)
8Memoir of Jane Austen (James Edward Austen-Leigh) (pt. 1)
9Memoir of Jane Austen (James Edward Austen-Leigh) (pt. 2)
10Memoir of Jane Austen (James Edward Austen-Leigh) (pt. 3)
11Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (Caroline Herschel) (pt. 1)
12Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (Caroline Herschel) (pt. 2)
13Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (Caroline Herschel) (pt. 3)
14Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (Caroline Herschel) (pt. 4)
15Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (Caroline Herschel) (pt. 5)
16Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (Mary Seacole)
17CHAPTER I.
18CHAPTER II.
19CHAPTER III.
20CHAPTER IV.
21CHAPTER V.
22CHAPTER VI.
23CHAPTER VII.
24CHAPTER VIII.
25CHAPTER IX.
26CHAPTER X.
27CHAPTER XI.
28CHAPTER XII.
29CHAPTER XIII.
30CHAPTER XIV.
31CHAPTER XV.
32CHAPTER XVI.
33CHAPTER XVII.
34CHAPTER XVIII.
35CHAPTER XIX.
36CONCLUSION.
37Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (pt. 1)
38Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (pt. 2)
39Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (pt. 3)
40Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (pt. 4)
41Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (pt. 5)
42Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) (pt. 6)
43Reminiscences, 1819-1899 (Julia Ward Howe) (pt. 1)
44Reminiscences, 1819-1899 (Julia Ward Howe) (pt. 2)
45Reminiscences, 1819-1899 (Julia Ward Howe) (pt. 3)
46Reminiscences, 1819-1899 (Julia Ward Howe) (pt. 4)
47Reminiscences, 1819-1899 (Julia Ward Howe) (pt. 5)
48My Own Story (Emmeline Pankhurst)
49Book 1: The Making of a Militant
50Book 2: Four Years of Peaceful Militancy (pt. 1)
More from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Julia Ward Howe, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mother Jones, Helen Wright, Margaret Sanger, Helen Keller, Catherine H. Birney, Sarah H. Bradford
The Greatest Works of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton206h 29m$2 · $0.00
The Women of the Suffrage Movement (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, Ida Husted Harper, Emmeline Pankhurst, Anna Howard Shaw, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Alice Stone Blackwell408h 55m$2 · $0.00
HISTORY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE Trilogy – Part 1 (Illustrated) (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Matilda Gage176h 31m$2 · $0.00
Women of the Suffrage Movement: Memoirs & Biographies of the Most Influential Suffragettes (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, Ida Husted Harper, Emmeline Pankhurst, Anna Howard Shaw, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Alice Stone Blackwell408h 53m4.3 (17)$2 · $0.00
Women of the Suffrage Movement: Memoirs & Biographies of the Most Influential SuffragettesElizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, Ida Husted Harper, Emmeline Pankhurst, Anna Howard Shaw, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Alice Stone Blackwell408h 37m4.4 (11)$1 · $0.00
Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton16h 7m4.2 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
The Most Influential Women in History: Over 100 Memoirs & BiographiesElizabeth Cady Stanton, Catherine H. Birney, Helen Keller, Margaret Sanger, Julia Ward Howe, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sarah H. Bradford, Mother Jones, Helen Wright200h 4m$2 · $0.00
The History of the Women's Suffrage: The Origin of the Movement (Illustrated Edition)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Matilda Gage176h 25m$2 · $0.00
The Collected WorksElizabeth Cady Stanton5h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Woman's Bible (Complete Edition)Elizabeth Cady Stanton16h 41m4.0 (2.8K)$2 · $0.00
The Suffragettes – Complete History Of the Movement (6 Volumes in One Edition) (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Gage, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida H. Harper305h 34m4.5 (36)$1.99 · $0.00
THE HISTORY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE - Complete 6 Volumes (Illustrated) (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Gage, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida H. Harper305h 35m4.4 (288)$1.99 · $0.00
The Way of RoninTu Lam12h 9m4.9 (1.3K)$29 · $0.00
Matters of the HeartJacinta Nampijinpa Price9h 35m4.8 (359)$29 · $0.00
How to Test Negative for StupidJohn Kennedy8h 13m4.7 (9.7K)$28 · $0.00
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m4.7 (2.8K)$24 · $0.00
Send MeMarty Skovlund, Joe Kent8h 10m4.7 (1.6K)$26 · $0.00
John Muir: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Annotated)John Muir10h 13m4.7 (1.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
Invisible StormJason Kander6h 48m4.7 (3.2K)$24 · $0.00
Forever BoyKate Swenson9h 27m4.7 (5K)$29 · $0.00
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m4.7 (4.8K)$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m4.6 (11.9K)$29 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m4.6 (9.3K)$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (384)$20 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m4.7 (13.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m4.5 (10.6K)$2 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
You may also like
Let Us March OnShara Moon9h 41m4.1 (1.5K)$29 · $0.00
Bearing the CrossDavid J. Garrow34h 22m4.3 (2.5K)$28
Finish the Fight!Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times2h 53m4.4 (939)$18 · $0.00
First ClassAlison Stewart11h 51m4.1 (337)$23
Backwards and in HeelsAlicia Malone8h 10m4.2 (1.2K)$20
Sisters in LawLinda Hirshman13h 29m4.0 (7.9K)$33 · $0.00
When Broadway Was BlackCaseen Gaines12h 5m4.3 (443)$23
FormidableElisabeth Griffith17h 14m4.2 (276)$25
Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton16h 7m4.2 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
The Declaration of Independence of The United States of AmericaThomas Jefferson12m4.3 (22.8K)$2.30
By the Light of Burning DreamsDavid Talbot, Margaret Talbot13h 57m4.3 (269)$33 · $0.00
My Own StoryEmmeline Pankhurst13h 15m4.2 (3.7K)$1 · $0.00
Girls Resist!KaeLyn Rich5h 48m4.3 (423)$20
The History of the Women's Suffrage: The Origin of the Movement (Illustrated Edition)Harriot Stanton Blatch, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Gage176h 25m4.4 (11)$1 · $0.00
Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography (Annotated)Thomas Jefferson8h 33m$2 · $0.00
Pioneering the VoteNeylan McBaine9h 8m4.2 (244)$20
Defending IdentityNatan Sharansky7h 9m4.1 (132)$17 · $0.00
History of Women's Marches – The Political Battle of Suffragettes (Complete 6 Volume Edition)Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Gage, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida H. Harper307h$1 · $0.00
HISTORY OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE Trilogy – Part 1 (Illustrated) (Annotated)Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Matilda Gage176h 31m$2 · $0.00
The InstigatorsAtima Omara8h 58m$29 · $0.00