Women's History for Kids

Updated March 4, 2024
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Space heroes
Dolan, Hannah
Paper Book
Meet four fantastic women from NASA! Learn about two of the first female astronauts to fly to space. Discover how a computer scientist sent a spacecraft to the moon. Be inspired to become a future space hero! Engaging topics and fun, interactive pages build reading...
Amazing women
Jenner, Caryn
Paper Book
From world leaders to explorers to writers, artists, and performers, discover more than 40 women who changed the world and celebrate them this Women's History Month with this Level 4 DK Reader. Amazing Women will build reading skills while teaching vocabulary and telling the stories...
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Paper Book
A Caldecott Honor Book A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of equal voting rights. "I am...
One wish : Fatima al-Fihri and the world's oldest university
Yuksel, M. O.
Paper Book
A Horn Book selection for "Picture Book Biographies for Women's History Month 2022" Fatima had one wish . . . Fatima al-Fihri loved to learn. She wanted to know everything, like how birds flew, why the sky was blue, and how flowers grew. But more than anything, she...
Only the best : the exceptional life and fashion of Ann Lowe
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
An inspiring picture book biography about the amazing Ann Lowe--the first nationally-known African American fashion designer. A careful snip, a delicate fold. Fabric the color of new petals. Skirts that flare like upside-down blossoms....
Troublemakers in trousers : women and what they wore to get things done
Albee, Sarah
Paper Book
Meet twenty-one women throughout history who broke fashion and norms to do something groundbreaking in this unique middle-grade collection that celebrates trailblazers and troublemakers. Girls and women have historically been denied access to work, been blocked from the arts,...
Never caught, the story of Ona Judge : George and Martha Washington's courageous slave who dared to run away
Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
Paper Book
"A brilliant work of US history." --School Library Journal (starred review) "Gripping." --BCCB (starred review) "Accessible...Necessary." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2019!...

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