Books like The astronaut wives club by Lily Koppel

Explore Michelle Obama’s public voice through 200‑250 curated quotations, organized into 75 themes, spanning her early career as a Chicago corporate lawyer, her roles in the city government and University of Chicago, up to the 2008 presidential election.

A memoir of a woman who overcomes a strict survivalist Mormon upbringing in rural Idaho to pursue higher education, ultimately earning a PhD in history at Cambridge.

Hidden Figures tells the true story of four African‑American mathematicians—Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden—who broke barriers at NASA’s Langley Research Center, proving that talent, not race or gender, powers scientific progress.

An oral‑history portrait of the young women who secretly helped build the atomic bomb in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, revealing their contributions, hardships, and lasting legacy.

After a life‑altering romance, Elizabeth Gilbert confronts her fear of marriage by researching its history and meaning, turning a personal dilemma into a witty, reflective exploration of love and commitment.

Spinster is a reflective memoir by Kate Bolick that explores her personal journey as a single woman, examining the lives of preceding bold single dames and the evolving attitudes toward women in contemporary society.

Heidi Julavits resurrects her teenage diaries to examine the curious continuities between her past anxieties and present life as a wife, mother, and writer.

Marie‑Madeleine Fourcade, a Frenchwoman born into privilege, led the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, gathering crucial intelligence that helped plan D‑Day and supporting the resistance against the Nazis.

An intimate biography of Nicola Fuller, tracing her life from hopeful childhood in East Africa to the hardships of farming in Rhodesia, the fallout of civil war, and her final years on a Zambezi Valley farm.

They had the right stuff. They defied the prejudices of the time. And they blazed a trail for generations of women to follow. What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape — any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose, for their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. ALMOST ASTRONAUTS is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age.

The Girls of Atomic City chronicles the lives of the women who worked in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during WWII, revealing how their quiet labor helped enrich uranium for the Manhattan Project and shaped the town’s history.