I'm really enjoying everyone else's suggestions too thanks - so in the spirit the next things on my 'to be read' list (in no particular order) are
"She Speaks: Women's speeches that changed the world" - by Yvette Cooper
"In this timely and personal selection of exceptional speeches, Yvette Cooper MP tells the rousing story of female oratory. From Boudica to Greta Thunberg and Chimamanda Adichie to Malala Yousafzai, Yvette introduces each speech and demonstrates how powerful and persuasive oratory can be decidedly female. Written by one of our leading public voices, this is an inspirational call for women to be heard across the globe."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/She-Speaks-Speeches-Changed-Pankhurst/dp/1786499940/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RIC9VIBKI3K5&keywords=she+speaks+yvette+cooper&qid=1672347975&s=books&sprefix=she+speaks%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1
"The end of Bias How we change our minds" By Jessica Nordell
"Bias affects us all, every day of our lives. It shapes how we see each other, and how we are seen in turn. It fuels discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, race, age, class and appearance. It robs organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, politics of insight, individuals of their future and communities of justice.
But what if bias is a habit that we can overcome?
"Despite revolutions in our understanding of bias, we're still much better at documenting the problem than solving it. When it comes to prevention and cure, Jessica Nordell's powerful book is a breakthrough. With state-of-the-art science and gripping narratives, she reveals steps what individuals, groups, and institutions can take to fight prejudice" - Adam Grant, author of Think Again"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-Bias-How-Change-Minds/dp/1846276780/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2J4BUZ70X7H34&keywords=the+end+of+bias&qid=1672348168&s=books&sprefix=the+end+of+bias%2Cstripbooks%2C66&sr=1-1
"Out of the Darkness Greenham voices 1981 - 2000" by Kate Kerrow & Rebecca Mordan
"In 1981, a group of women marched from Cardiff to the Greenham Common RAF base in Newbury to protest the siting of US nuclear missiles on British soil. They formed what became the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp and stayed there for almost twenty years, in what would become the largest, most effective woman-led protest since the Suffrage campaign. Out of the Darkness reunites the women of Greenham to share their recollections of the highs and lows of camp life, explore how they organised, and uncover the non-violent ways they challenged military, police and cultural forces, all in the name of peace."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Darkness-Greenham-Voices-1981-2000/dp/0750995173/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JKVIN7T5KCK0&keywords=Out+of+the+Darkness+Greenham+voices+1981+-+2000&qid=1672348330&s=books&sprefix=out+of+the+darkness+greenham+voices+1981+-+2000%2Cstripbooks%2C54&sr=1-1
& "Romantic Outlaws The extraordinary lives of Mary Wollstoncraft & Mary Shelley" by Charlotte Gordon
"English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another. Nevertheless, their passionate and pioneering lives remained closely intertwined, their choices, dreams and tragedies eerily similar.
Both Marys became famous writers, fell in love with brilliant but impossible men, and were single mothers out of wedlock; both lived in exile, fought for their position in society and thought deeply about how we should live.
They also broke every rigid convention thrust upon them: Wollstonecraft chased pirates in Scandinavia and sailed to Paris to witness the Revolution. Shelley eloped in a fishing boat with a married man and faced down bandits in Naples. Wollstonecraft proclaimed that women’s liberty should matter to everyone.
Not only did Wollstonecraft pen the landmark book, The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, her work ignited Romanticism, inspiring a whole new generation of writers, including her daughter. At just nineteen years old, Mary travelled around Italy with Percy Shelley and Lord Byron, and there wrote Frankenstein. Having pushed the boundaries of the literary form, she went on to become the editor of her husband’s poetry – a feat of scholarship that established his posthumous reputation"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Romantic-Outlaws-Extraordinary-Wollstonecraft-Shelley/dp/0091958946
I'll definitely by adding "Difficult women" by Helen Lewis to my list though looks great.
Happy New Year's worth of reading everyone xoxo