This Women’s History Month, discover the stories of some extraordinary women who helped change the world for the better with these picture books.
Browsing: Women’s History Month
Learn the story of a cellist whose love of music and nature amazed the world in Beatrice and the Nightingale, by Patricia Newman and Isabelle Follath.
Learn about the woman who mapped Earth’s address in the universe in Galaxy Mapper: The Luminous Discoveries of Astrophysicist Hélène Courtois by Allie Summers and Sian James.
Learn about a major contributor to 19th-century paleontology in Mary Morland in the Time of Dinosaur Discovery, by Jane Kurtz and Giselle Potter.
Explore the wonders of the universe in Through the Telescope, a poetic ode to trailblazing astronaut Mae Jemison, from Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Evening Monteiro.
Feminist organizer Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee share their parallel journeys as activists in Rise, Girl, Rise.
Uncover the truth about the women who married Henry VIII in The Six Queens of Henry VIII, by Honor Cargill-Martin and Jaimee Andrews.
Discover the story of women’s tennis in Trailblazers, a young readers edition by tennis great Billie Jean King and Jolie C. Matthews.
Learn about the life of America’s greatest television chef in Julia: a Novel Inspired by the Extraordinary Life of Julia Child, by Hearther B. Moore.
Meet Lorena Ramírez, an Indigenous Rarámuri athlete from Mexico known for winning ultramarathons in her traditional skirts and rubber sandals, in Daughter of the Light-Footed People.