March is Women’s History Month. You can learn more about some fascinating women by reading the following picture books.
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Learn about America’s first female cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Smith Friedman, who busted Nazi spy rings in Spying on Spies, by Marissa Moss.
Learn about some of the young women who helped break ciphers at Bletchley Park during World War II in The Enigma Girls, by Candace Fleming.
Gifts from Georgia’s Garden: How Georgia O’keeffe Nourished Her Art, by Lisa Robinson and Hadley Hooper, is a celebration of art.
Learn about trailblazing comedian Lucille Ball in Lucy: How Lucille Ball Did it All, by Amy Guglielmo , Jacqueline Tourville and Brigette Barrager.
You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai, by Dean Robbins and Maithili Joshi, is the story of the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes, by Traci N. Todd and Shannon Wright, is an excellent picture book biography.
Learn more about the first black female Supreme Court Justice in Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
A Korean American girl starts a business with her best friends to pay for art camp in Gigi Shin is Not a Nerd, the first book in a new series by Lyla Lee.
Hidden Yellow Stars, by Rebecca Connolly, tells the story of two women who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo during WWII.