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Women in History - March Is Women’s History Month

  For more information about this very special celebration of women please visit the National Women’s History Project website. To look at reviews of books related to this topic please visit the following pages:

Elizabeth Blackwell America's first woman doctor

Elizabeth Blackwell: America’s First Woman Doctor
Trina Robbins
Illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Anne Timmons
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 6 to 9
Capstone Press, 2007, 0-7368-6497-0
 

Vision of Beauty

Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by Nneka Bennett
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 8 to 12
Candlewick Press, 2000, 0-7636-1834-9
 
 

Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America
Kathi Appelt
Illustrated by Joy Fisher Hein
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
HarperCollins, 2005, 0-06-001107-6

Through georgia's Eyes

Through Georgia’s Eyes
Rachel Rodriguez
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Non-Fiction
Ages 4 to 8
Henry Holt, 2006, 0-8050-7740-5
 

Call Me Marianne

Call me Marianne
Jen Bryant
Pictures by David A. Johnson

Non-Fiction and Fiction Biography
Ages 6 to 8
Eerdmans, 2006, 0-8028-5242-4 

Chico

Chico: A True Story from the Childhood of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor
Illustrated by Dan Andreasen
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
Penguin, 2005, 0-525-47452-8 

Clara Schumann Piano Virtuoso

Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso
Susanna Reich
Non-Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Clarion, 1999, 0-618-55160-3

Frances Hodgson Burnett Beyond the Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett: Beyond the Secret Garden
Angelica Shirley Carpenter and Jean Shirley
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 10 to 12
Lerner, 1990, 0-8225-4905-0

Fannie's Kitchen

Fannie in the Kitchen
Deborah Hopkinson
Pictures by Nancy Carpenter
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2001, 0-689-81965-X
 

Marvelous Mattie

Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
Emily Arnold McCully
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 10
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 0-374-34810-3 

Born to be a cowgirl

Born to be a cowgirl: A Spirited ride through the old West
Candace Savage
Non-Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Tricycle Press, 2001, 1-58246-020-5
 
 

Calamity Jane

Legends of the West: Calamity Jane
Sara Gilbert
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
The Creative Company, 2006, 1-58341-338-3
 

Mother Jones Labor Leader

Mother Jones: Labor Leader
Connie Colwell Miller
Illustrated by Steve Erwin and Charles Barnett III
Non-Fiction Picture Book (Series)
Ages 8 to 10
Capstone Press, 2007, 0-7368-3833-3
 

Amelia to Zora

Amelia to Zora: Twenty Six women who changed the world
Cynthia Chin-Lee
Illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
Charlesbridge, 2005, 1-57091-522-9 

Different Like Coco

Different Like Coco
Elizabeth Matthews
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 9
Candlewick Press, 2007, 978-0-7636-2548-1
 

 

Jane Goodall animal scientist

Jane Goodall, Animal Scientist
Katherine Krohn
Illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Anne Timmons
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 8 to 10
Capstone Press, 2006, 0-7368-5485-1
 

Dolley Madison Saves History

Dolley Madison Saves History
Roger Smalley
Illustrated by Anna Maria Cool, Scoot Rosema and Charles Burnett III
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 6 to 9
Capstone Press, 2006, 0-7368-4972-6
 
 

Women of Hope

Women of Hope: African Americans who made a difference
Joyce Hansen
Non-Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Scholastic, 2007, 0-590-93974-2
 

Miss Ladybird's Wildflowers
Vinnie and Abraham

Vinnie and Abraham

Dawn Fitzgerald

Illustrated by Catherine Stock

Fiction and Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 7 to 10

Charlesbridge, 2007, 978-1-57091-658-8

  

Margaret Chase Smith a Woman for President

Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President

Lynn Plourde

Illustrated by David McPhail

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 8 to 11

Charlesbridge, 2008, 978-1-58089-235-3

 

Remember the Ladies

Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women
Cheryl Harness
Non-fiction Picture Book
Ages 8 and up
HarperTrophy, 2001, 0-06-443869-4 

Amelia and Eleanor go for a ride

Amelia and Eleanor go for a ride

Pam Munoz Ryan

Pictures by Brian Selznick

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 6 to 9

Scholastic, 1999, 0-590-96075-X

 

Rachel the Story of Rachel Carson

Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson

Amy Ehrlich

Illustrated by Wendell Minor

Picture Book Biography

Ages 6 to 8

Harcourt, 2003, 978-0-15-206324-5

 

Ladies First

Ladies First: 40 daring American women who were second to none

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Foreword by Stacy Allison

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

National Geographic, 2006, 0-7922-5393-0

  

Sojourner Truth Preacher for Freedom and Equality

Sojourner Truth: Preacher for Freedom and Equality

Suzanne Slade

Illustrated by Natascha Blanks

Non-fiction picture book

Ages 6 to 8

Picture Window Books, 2007, 1-4048-3726-4

 

She touched the World

She touched the world: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer

Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Clarion Books, 2008, 0-618-85299-9

 

Rabble Rousers

Rabble Rousers: 20 Women who made a difference

Cheryl Harness

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 10 and up

Penguin, 2003, 0-525-47035-2

 

Women Daredevils

Women Daredevils: Thrill, Chills, and Frills

Julie Cummins

Illustrated by Cheryl Harness

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 8 to 12

Penguin, 2008, 978-0-525-47948-2

  

The Sky's the Limit

The Sky’s the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls

Catherine Thimmesh

Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 2002, 0-618-07698-0

 

Madam President

Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics.

Catherine Thimmesh

Illustrated by Douglas B. Jones

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 2004, 978-0-618-97143-5

 

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great and the Enlightenment in Russia

Nancy Whitelaw

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Morgan Reynolds, 2005, 1-931798-27-3

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War, Women and the news

War, Women, and the News: How female journalists won the battle to cover World War II

Catherine Gourley

Non-Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 0-689-87752-8

 

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson: Gospel Singer and Civil Rights Champion

Montrew Dunham

Illustrated by Cathy Morrison

Non-Fiction (Series)

Patria Press, 2003, 1-882859-38-3

  

Bring me some apples and I'll make you a pie

Bring me some apples and I’ll make you a pie: A story about Edna Lewis

Robbin Gourley

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 8

Clarion, 2009, 978-0-618-15836-2

 

Gertrude is

Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

Jonah Winter

Illustrated by Calef Brown

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Simon and Schuster, 2009, 1-4169-4088-X

Molly Pitcher

Molly Pitcher: Young American Patriot

Jason Glaser

Illustrated by Todd Smith, Bill Anderson, and Charles Barnett III

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 7 to 9

Capstone Press, 2006, 0-7368-5486-X

  

Elizabeth Van Lew

Elizabeth Van Lew: Civil War Spy

Heidi Schoof

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 10 and up

Compass Point Books, 2006, 0-7565-0985-8

 

 

Almost Astonauts

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women who dared to dream

Tanya Lee Stone

Non-Fiction

Ages 14 and up

Candlewick Press, 2009, 978-0-7636-3611-1

 

 

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