Books like SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas

Judith Butler’s seminal text challenges essentialist views of sex and gender, proposing that identity is constructed through repeated social performances.

In Victorian England, women forged rich friendships and lasting partnerships—often described as marriages—that shaped their identities, challenged norms, and influenced reforms in marriage law.

A practical guide for middle‑aged women, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause offers evidence‑based information on hormonal changes, health, and sexuality, along with coping strategies for hot flashes, mood swings, and night sweats.

Andrea Dworkin examines how women and Jews have been scapegoated across history, from the Inquisition to Nazi terror, and explores the ways male dominance shapes their subordination.

"Why is it difficult for so many women to fully identify with the word "feminist"? How do our personal histories and identities affect our relationship to feminism? Why is intersectionality so important? Can a feminist movement that doesn't take other identities like race, religion, or socioeconomic class into account even be considered feminism? How can we make feminism more inclusive? In Can We All Be Feminists?, seventeen established and emerging writers from diverse backgrounds wrestle with these questions, exploring what feminism means to them in the context of their other identities--from a hijab-wearing Muslim to a disability rights activist to a body-positive performance artist to a transgender journalist. Edited by the brilliant, galvanizing, and dazzlingly precocious nineteen-year-old feminist activist and writer June Eric-Udorie, this impassioned, thought-provoking collection showcases the marginalized women whose voices are so often drowned out and offers a vision for a new, comprehensive feminism that is truly for all"--