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...
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
Weatherford, Carole Boston
DVD
Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President...
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....
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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