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A great list for #WonderWomanWednesday #WWW #shepersisted #diversebooksu @LitsyFeministBookClub @BookishFeminist http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/books-for-women-who-persist_us_589b2ad8e4b09...

Susan B. Anthony was born this day in 1820. During the course of her life, she was an advocate for women's suffrage, equal educational opportunities, and the abolition of slavery. She fought tirelessly until her death in 1906 and remains an inspiration today. #WWW

I picked this up yesterday and it wrapped its delicate and deceptively powerful tendrils around me and would not let me go. On one level a weird, twisted, sad tale but at its core an exquisitely lyrical exploration of the mystery of existence, of the fragility of the boundaries between humanity and nature, dreams and reality, life and death. Han Kang is one to watch. #WWW #Recommendsday #diversebooks #20best2016

Our #WWW is National Book Award winner and Young People's Poet Laureate, Jacqueline Woodson. Her writing about race and sexuality, the South and the North define modern adult and young adult literature.

Since I missed #litsypoetry365 yesterday, here's a scorching little rainy day poem from the incomparable Dorothy Livesay. #WWW @SharonGoforth

To honor other women in space & aeronautics research before our Hidden Figures discussion next week, our #WonderWomanWednesday is Mae Jemison, the first black woman who went to space! Jemison went aboard the Endeavor mission as a trained physician & engineer. She advocates for the intersection of STEM & social issues. She's currently principal of the 100 Year Starship program, an effort to fund rocket building without gov't funds. 🚀🙌🏾 #www

Aung San Suu Kyi fights for human rights in Myanmar. She formed the National League for Democracy. NLD won 81% of Parliament in 1990, but military refused to step down & detained Aung San. She was a political prisoner for 15yrs & refused exile. In 2015 NLD won 86% of Parliament. Aung San is now the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs & won the Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent efforts to bring democracy to Burma. 🙌🏽 #WonderWomanWednesday