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People’s Choice – Gal’s Guide Anthology 2022

Got a favorite story or poem in the Gal’s Guide Anthology: Women of History? Vote for People’s Choice! Voting ends April 19 Vote until midnight April 19th for your favorite story/poem in the Gal’s Guide Anthology: Women of History. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 20th.

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Tina Turner

The gal pals get into how important Black History is to the community before sharing their adoring love for Tina Turner. Tina is an inspiration on SO many levels. Katie talks about Tina’s life and also Tina’s newest book Happiness Becomes You which focuses more on her Baptist upbring and her Buddhist faith. Show Notes […]

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Bonnie’s Five Recommends

Women and Art: Contested Territory by Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie-Smith Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World by Rachel Swaby 4,000 years of Uppity Women by Vicki Leon Wonder Women by Sam Maggs Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay What 5 Women’s History Books Do You Recommend? […]

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Leah’s Five Recommends

The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché by Alice Guy, Roberta and Simone Blaché Shout, Sister Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-an-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Gayle Wald Beyond Uhura by Nichelle Nichols Conchita Cintrón: Memoirs of a Bullfighter by Conchita Cintrón and an introduction by Orson Welles Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher What 5 […]

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Shana’s Five Recommends

When Women Ruled the World by Kara Cooney A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove by Laura Scheone The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton Appetite for Life: Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers by Debra A Shuttuck What 5 Women’s History Books […]

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Kim’s Five Recommends

Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King Education of a Princess by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia Women of the Beat Generation by Ann Charters and Brenda Knight Paris Was a Woman: Portraits from the Left Bank by Andrea Weiss My Thirty Year’s War by Margaret Anderson What 5 Women’s History Books Do You […]

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Mona’s Five Recommends

Barbara Jordan, American Hero by Mary Beth Rogers Women Warriors: An Unexpected History by Pamela Toler Unbought & Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm The Book of Women: 300 Notable Women by Lynne Griffin When the Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond What 5 Women’s History Books Do You Recommend? Let us know at info@galsguide.org

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Book Reviews

Looking for a new book to read? How do you know if it’s any good? Here is what gal-pals like you have said about some of our books. What Our Readers Are Saying Happiness Becomes You by Tina Turner I like that Tina Turner talked about how Buddhism and chanting helped her life. I would […]

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You know all that time you spent reading and thought nothing would come of it?  Fear not, intrepid reader – now you can review your reads and help others find a good book. Only restriction is the book must be written by a woman or have a female main character. The book does not need […]