Let’s celebrate all these women who, despite warnings and explanations, nevertheless persisted!
INTERMEDIATE GRADES
Ada Lovelace and Computer Algorithms (21st Century Junior Library) by Ellen LaBrecque. 9781634721776. 2017. Gr 2-5.
Amazing Women (Dorling Kindersley Readers) by Caryn Jenner. 9781465457684. 2017. Gr 3-5.
Astronaut Mae Jemison (STEM Trailblazer Bios) by Allison Lassieur. 9781512413113. 2017. Gr 2017.
Series includes titles about Jane Goodall, Jean Bartik, Rachel Carson, Grace Hopper, Chien-Shiung Wu, Ada Lovelace, and Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering.
The Book of Heroines : Tales of History’s Gutsiest Gals) by Stephanie Warren Drimmer. 9781426325571. 2016. Gr 4-6.
Fannie Never Flinched : One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights by Mary Cronk Farrell. 9781419718847. 2016. Gr 4-7.
Ladies of Liberty : The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts. 9780060780050. 2016. Gr 2-4.
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne by Carole Boston Weatherford (ill. by Elizabeth Zunon). 9781481468244. 2017. Gr 2-5.
Madam C.J. Walker and Her Beauty Empire (Great Entrepreneurs in U.S. History) by Catie McAneney. 9781499421330. 2017. Gr 4-6.
Wilma Rudolph : Track and Field Champion (Remarkable Lives Revealed) by Adrianna Morganelli. 9780778726890. 2017. Gr 2-5.
MIDDLE SCHOOL TITLES
Champions for Women’s Rights : Matilda Joslyn Gage, Julia Ward Howe, Lucretia Mott, and Lucy Stone (Heroes of the Women’s Suffrage Movement) by Lynn Barber. 9780766078918. 2017. Gr 6-9.
Series includes titles about Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Susan B. Anthony.
Hidden Figures : Young Readers’ Edition by Margot Lee Shutterly. 9780062662385. 2016. Gr 5-8.
Hillary Clinton : Groundbreaking Politician (Essential Lives) by Judy Dodge Cummings. 9781680783018. 2017. Gr 6-9.
A Kids’ Guide to America’s First Ladies by Kathleen Krull (ill. by Anna Divito). 9780062381071. 2017. Gr 4-8.
Life in Motion : An Unlikely Ballerina : Young Readers Edition by Misty Copeland. 9781481479790. 2016. Gr 4-7.
Rad Women Worldwide : Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz. 9780399578861, 2916, Gr 7-12.
Sarah Winnemucca : The Inspiring Story of the Activist and Educator (Inspiring Stories) by Mary Green. 9780756551674. 2017. Gr 5-7.
Series also includes titles about Madam C.J. Walker and Phillis Wheatley.
Serena Vs. Venus : How a Photograph Spotlighted the Fight for Equality (Captured History : Sports) by Danielle Smith-Llera. 9780756555290. 2017. Gr 5-9.
HIGH SCHOOL TITLES
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women’s Rights by Deborah Kops. 9781629793238. 2017. Gr 9-12.
Bad Girls Throughout History : 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen. 9781452153933. 2016. Gr 7-12.
Brenda Laurel : Pioneering Gaming for Girls by Carly A. Kocurek. 9781501319778. 2016. Gr 9-Adult.
Florence Nightingale : The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse by Catherine Reef. 9780544535800. 2016. Gr 7-12.
Game Changers : The Unsung Heroines of Sports History by Molly Schiot. 9781501137099. 2016. Gr 10-Adult.
Girl Code : Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done by Andrea Gonzales & Sophie Houser. 9780062472502. 2017. Gr 9-12.
Hidden Figures : The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. 9780062363596. 2016. Gr 10-Adult.
Hillary Rodham Clinton : A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal. 9781250060143. 2016. Gr 10-12.
How Dare the Sun Rise : Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwringiyimana. 9780062470140. 2017. Gr 7-12.
The Meaning of Michelle : 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own edited by Veronica Chambers. 9781250114969. 2017. Gr 10-Adult.
Rise of the Rocket Girls : The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt. 9780316338929. 2016. Gr 10-Adult.
Wonder Women : 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs. 9781594749254. 2016. Gr 8-12.
