Learn about Olympian and changemaker Wilma Rudolph in Go, Wilma Go! Wilma Rudolph, from Athlete to Activist, by Amira Rose Davis, Michael G. Long, and Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.
Browsing: women’s history
A girl speaks out against a problematic historical hometown figure in Tear This Down, a middle-grade novel by Barbara Dee.
Ruby Bridges, shares the tale of reuniting with the first-grade teacher who changed her life in Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher.
The Poet and the Bees, by Amy Novesky and Jessica Love, was inspired by the Poet Sylvia Plath and the seasons she kept bees.
Learn about black fashion icon and design pioneer Zelda Wynn Valdes in Dazzling Zelda, a picture book biography by Aura Lewis and Farai Simoyi.
Alice Hoffman’s When We Flew Away follows Anne Frank’s life from the moment the Nazis invaded the Netherlands until the Frank family was forced into hiding.
Learn the story of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor in Doña Fela’s Dream, written by Monica Brown and illustrated Rosa Ibarra.
Learn about Nancy Harkness Love, one of the pioneering female American aeronauts, in Lady Flyer, by Heather B. Moore.
Discover the story of one of the most beloved children’s book authors in The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Learn about detective novelist Agatha Christie in A Mind of Her Own: The Story of Mystery Writer Agatha Christie, by Robyn McGrath and Liz Wong.