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...
What is the Women's World Cup?
Shaw, Gina
Paper Book
Gooaal! Soccer fans, get your game on with this book about one of the biggest tournaments in women's sports. The first international women's soccer match was in 1881, but the Women's World Cup didn't become official until 1991 -- 110 years later! Read about the courageous, soccer...
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....
Josephine and her dishwashing machine : Josephine Cochrane's bright invention makes a splash
Hannigan, Kate
Paper Book
Celebrate the inventor of the dishwasher in this inspiring STEM/STEAM picture book biography about Josephine Garis Cochrane, the brains behind one of the world's most-used kitchen appliances. Many Americans have a dishwasher in their kitchen. But who invented it? ...
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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