Recommended Reads
Women's History Month BB
Think Big, Little One Vashti Harrison Featuring eighteen women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists, this board book adaptation of Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World introduces trailblazing women.
POR Mary Wears What She Wants NEGL, K Keith Negley
Once upon a time (but not too long ago), girls only wore dresses. And only boys wore pants. Until one day, a young girl named Mary had a bold idea: She would wear whatever she wanted. And she wanted to wear pants! Inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing doctor who was arrested many times for wearing pants.
JB Send a Girl!: The True Story of How BERK, B Women Joined the FDNY Jessica M. Rinker
This dynamic and inspiring picture book biography tells the story of Brenda Berkman, the woman who broke an important barrier by becoming one of the first female fire fighters in New York City.
NF SERIES J 305.42097 What is the Women's Rights Movement? HOPK, D Deborah Hopkinson Chronicles the women's rights movement in the United States, from the beginning of the movement in the nineteenth century and the fight for equal rights in the 1960s to such present-day events as the Women's March in 2017.
P Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's ENGL, M Courage Changed Music Margarita Engle
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
JGN Amazons, Abolitionists, and KEND, M Activists: A Graphic History of
Women's Fight For Their Rights Mikki Kendall A feminist comic book history of women's rights, from the ancient world to modern times, in a giftable, visually stunning package.
OS JB Shirley Chishold Dared: The Story of CHIS, S the First Black Woman in Congress Alicia D. Williams
Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.
J 323.092 Women in the Civil Rights Movement GRAN, K Kesha Grant After decades of segregation, women were at the forefront of the civil rights movement, the largest social upheaval since the end of the Civil War. Alongside men, they were leaders, planners, organizers, and protesters. Also check out the rest of A True Book's Women's History in the US series!