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Who Run the World?!

March is Women's History Month. Learn about some of the women (and girls!) who have made history, shaped the society we live in, and changed our world for the better.

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  • You Are Fearless

    a Book for the Littlest Taylor Swift Fans

    Presents Taylor Swift's inspirational journey, encouraging children to be fearless, defy limits, and follow their hearts.
    BookNew York : Odd Dot, 2024. — E B SWIFT
  • Focuses on Malala's lifelong mission to bring educational equality and justice to all - especially young girls.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2024. — E B YOUSAFZA
  • The autobiography of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (the King Center), and twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist.
    BookNew York : Goodwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — E B KING
  • Best Believe

    the Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good

    Ramos, NoNieqa,
    Rhythmic verse presents three sisters who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to be pioneering activists in their Bronx community, focusing on schools, libraries, and the arts.
    BookMinneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2024] — J 920 RAMOS
  • Remembering Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA

    Stone, Tanya Lee,
    Rosalind Franklin was a groundbreaking chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA.
    BookNew York : Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — E B FRANKLIN
  • Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Her work spread awareness of what an early computer could do.
    BookMinneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2023. — J B LOVELACE
  • A picture book biography of Marie Curie, the groundbreaking scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner.
    BookNew York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — E B CURIE
  • Extraordinary Magic

    the Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton

    Crews, Nina,
    Tells the story of one of America's most celebrated children's book authors, Virginia Hamilton, the first African American to win the Newbery Medal.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — E B HAMILTON
  • The Fabulous Fannie Farmer

    Kitchen Scientist and America's Cook

    Smith, Emma Bland,
    Fannie Farmer, America's most famous cooking teacher, discovers that precise measurements are a recipe for cooking success in this STEAM picture book that includes two of her classic recipes.
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J 641.5092 SMITH
  • Ida B. Wells

    Marches for the Vote

    Johnson, Dinah,
    The book centers on the suffragettes who marched for the women's vote in Washington, D.C. in 1913; they were from all over the country, united by their goal, but another ugly division had appeared: the white suffragettes only cared about…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, [2024] — E B WELLSBAR
  • As a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for the cases she won when arguing in front of the Supreme Court, before taking her place on the bench in 1993.
    BookNew York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024. — E B GINSBURG
  • Pedal, Balance, Steer

    Annie Kondonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World

    Kirkfield, Vivian,
    Annie Londonderry proves women can do anything they set their minds to-even cycle around the world.
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J B LONDONDE
  • This book tells young children in a clear and fun way about Sally Ride's exciting journey from young scientist to the first American woman in space.
    BookLondon : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2024. — E B RIDE