Women's History for Teens

Updated March 4, 2024
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The bodyguard unit : Edith Garrud, women's suffrage, and jujitsu
Xavier, Clément
Paper Book
Who were the jujitsuffragettes? In the early twentieth century, women in England demanded the right to vote--and faced violent retaliation. Rather than back down, the suffragist group Women's Social and Political Union formed its own security unit. Edith Garrud, a pioneering self-defense...
Votes for women! : American suffragists and the battle for the ballot
Conkling, Winifred
Ebook
"Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with refreshing attention to detail."--The New York Times Book Review For nearly 150 years, American women did not have the...
Wonder women : 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history
Maggs, Sam
Paper Book
A fun and feminist celebration of the forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond-from the bestselling author of The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy You may think you know women's history pretty well. But have you ever heard of- . Alice Ball,...
Born reading : 20 stories of women reading their way into history
Krull, Kathleen
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the "action-packed...banter-filled" (School Library Journal, starred review) sequel to his groundbreaking young adult novel Miles Morales: Spider-Man about the adventures of the unassuming, everyday kid who just...
Undaunted : how women changed American journalism
Kroeger, Brooke
Paper Book
An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing exceptional careers from 1840 to the present Undaunted is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism's most valued work. From Margaret...
Breaking through : how female athletes shattered stereotypes in the roaring twenties
Macy, Sue
Paper Book
Award-winning author Sue Macy offers a fresh and timely account of women in sports in the 1920s, and how their determination, talent, and defiance in the face of criticism promoted women's rights, redefined femininity, and changed the course of history. Macy offers a rare and...

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