Our Secret Society
Book description
An engrossing social history of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild and fundraiser extraordinaire who reigned over the glittering "Beaux Arts Ball," the social event of New York and Harlem society for fifty years-a glamorous event rivalling today's Met Gala, drawing America's wealthy…
Why read it?
1 author picked Our Secret Society as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a revealing and exciting biography about one of the Civil Rights Movement’s unsung heroes.
I was really drawn to this book because I had heard of Mollie Moon but didn’t know much about her life. And what a life it was. Mollie Moon faced sexism and racism head-on with a determination to fight. The epitome of genius and glamour, she literally knew “everybody who was anybody.”
She traveled to Moscow with Langston Hughes, moved into the Black political circles of Franklin Roosevelt’s administration, and forged ties to Martin Luther King. Have you ever wondered how the Civil Rights…
If you love Our Secret Society...
Tap Dancing on Everest
Tap Dancing on Everest, part coming-of-age memoir, part true-survival adventure story, is about a young medical student, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor raised in N.Y.C., who battles self-doubt to serve as the doctor—and only woman—on a remote Everest climb in Tibet.
The team attempts a new route up…
Want books like Our Secret Society?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Our Secret Society.
Share your top 3 reads of 2024!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,779
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like Our Secret Society, you might also like...
Who Is a Worthy Mother?
I grew up thinking that being adopted didn’t matter. I was wrong. This book is my journey uncovering the significance and true history of adoption practices in America. Now, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women’s reproductive rights places…
The Truth About Unringing Phones
When Lara was four years old, her father moved from Rochester, New York, to Anchorage, Alaska, a distance of over 4,000 miles. She spent her childhood chasing after him, flying a quarter of the way around the world to tug at the hem of his jacket.
Now that he is…
