Learn about the first woman student at MIT—a pioneering environmental chemist — in The Girl Who Tested the Waters: Ellen Swallow, Environmental Scientist, by Patricia Daniele and Junyi Wu.
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A girl is pulled into a mysterious treasure hunt at her new boarding school in A Study in Secrets, the first book in a new series by Debbi Michiko Florence.
Learn the about the women who blazed a path forward for everyone The ABCs of Women’s History, by Rio Cortez and Lauren Semmer.
Learn the story of the first American woman to fly to space in I am Sally Ride, the 35th hero in the Ordinary People Change the World series by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos.
Learn the story of a Native-led movement that saw the successful removal of four dams in I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience, by Brook M. Thompson and Anastasia Khmelevska.
Learn how a small Seder dinner on the campaign trail inspired a White House tradition in Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder, by Richard Michelson and E.B. Lewis.
A Miami girl is forced to move in with her aunt in Wyoming following her mother’s death in The Trouble with Sunshine, by Yamile Saied Méndez.
The Six —Young Readers Edition: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts, by Loren Grush and Rebecca Stefoff, explores America’s first women in space.
Meet three women who followed their scientific dreams in Green Promises: Girls Who Loved the Earth, by Jeannine Atkins.
Learn about one of the most accomplished tennis players in history in The Story of Serena Williams, by Shadae B. Mallory and Tequitia Andrews.