Recommend a good female autobiography?

Question

I love autobiographies, looking for a woman's perspective. Not looking for something political or with drug/alcohol abuse, more like man vs man (or should I say self vs self...?) Time period not so relevant. Something inspiring...

Answer 1

"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou.

Many consider it to be one of the most important and moving autobiographies even written by a woman. It is as inspiring as it gets.

http://www.amazon.com/Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/0553279378

Answer 2

I am a Hollywood Buuf so here goes;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Bacall
""Bacall has written two autobiographies, Lauren Bacall By Myself (1978) and Now (1994). In 2005, she updated and renamed them by the title By Myself and Then Some.""

http://www.amazon.com/Swanson-Gloria/dp/0394506626
"""Swanson on Swanson (Hardcover)
by Gloria Swanson (Author) """

Myrna Loy is a fun read!!
http://www.meredy.com/myrnaloy/
"""""On a personal note, her autobiography "Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming" was published in 1987.


http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Astor-Mary.html
""Mary Astor wrote two autobiographical books: My Story: An Autobiography (1959) and A Life on Film (1971). Mary passed away in 1987 at the age of 81.""

And Rosalind Russell is another fun read, as are all of these that I am listing...
"""Life is a Banquet"""
http://www.angelfire.com/ri2/rebeccastjames/Rosalind.html
"""Before her death she wrote autobiography, "Life Is a Banquet," the title taken from her famous quote in Auntie Mame""

And I will toss list for Edna Ferber a much neglected writer // cannot unearth her Biography by her Grand Niece but it is the strangest (in a good way) biogtaphy that I have ever read - - - it goes backwards from death to birth..
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/edna-ferber/partial-bibliography.html


Have fun reading-----------Peace

Answer 3

As odd as it sounds...

"If Only" by Geri Halliwell (Former Spice Girl)
"A Less Traveled ROAD" by Amy Dumas (Former WWE Wrestler)
"In My Own Words" by Eva Peron (Former first lady of Argentina)

Answer 4

Breathing For a Living by Laura Rothenberg (R.I.P.)