Women's History for Teens

Updated March 4, 2024
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
Inaugural ballers : the true story of the first US women's Olympic basketball team
Maraniss, Andrew
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the inspirational true story of the birth of women's Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women's basketball on the map. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown...
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...
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
Once books kick-start their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this informative and inspirational illustrated middle grade collection of twenty biographies. What do Cleopatra, Audre Lorde,...
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...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.