Stories with Purpose
Storytelling is one of the oldest ways to inform and communicate on the planet. These books go beyond entertaining to tell stories that hold lessons for anyone looking for insight into today’s world based on the experiences of those from the past.
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THE GIRLS WHO BEAT THE ODDS
The untold and unheralded stories of women in sports history, forgotten no longer…
So many women in sports history have been overlooked. Their strength and perseverance dismissed or forgotten. Even the most well-known women athletes don’t garner the same attention as their men counterparts.
Despite this, new generations are engaging with and supporting women athletes, both as individual stars and on teams. Men’s sports continues to dominate in terms of media coverage and airtime, but the momentum for women’s sports is here, and it’s growing. Women today, as skilled as they are in their own right, stand on the shoulders of the giants who built the game, brought the pain, stayed the course, and gave it their all.
This collection, from renowned speaker, author, and retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder highlights all of these women, covering incredible American athletes from the 1900s to the modern era.
“… a powerful testament to how far women’s sports have come―and how much stronger we become when inclusion is not an afterthought, but a foundation.”
—Muffy Davis, 7-Time Paralympic Champion
THE GIRLS WHO FOUGHT CRIME
Corsets, Crime, and the Woman to Change Modern Policing Forever
For fans of Margot Lee Shetterley and Liza Mundy comes an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who dedicated her entire life to the New York Police Department, upending the patriarchy and the status quo for women working in public service.
“An inspiring work about a persistent woman who succeeded in a challenging profession.”
THE GIRLS WHO STEPPED OUT OF LINE
2025 BookFest Award for First Place in the Nonfiction – History category
2022 Library of Virginia People’s Choice Nonfiction Award Winner
Selected an Amazon Best Book of the Month in History
Selected a Top 10 Read by The Washington Post
“Eder’s engaging writing makes these compelling histories read like a suspense novel. A highly recommended account that will draw in readers of U.S. history and women’s history.”
“A chronicle of a group of courageous women whose contributions to World War II ‘put comic book heroines to shame.’”
“This brisk and informative survey is a worthy tribute to the trailblazing women of WWII.”
UNTOLD STORIES: AN ANTHOLOGY
I’ve been included, alongside a list of other fantastic military authors, in this year’s Military Writers Society of America anthology!