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• Young and Restless

  The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

  Kahn, Mattie

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  Young and Restless recounts one of the most foundational and underappreciated forces in moments of American revolution: teenage girls.

• Wake

  the Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts

  Hall, Rebecca, 1963-

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  Rebecca Hall's background as a granddaughter of the enslaved is the driving force behind this pioneering mix of graphic novel, memoir, and history textbook, which explores women's leadership in slave rebellions.

• Unstoppable!

  My Journey From World Champion to Athlete A to 8 NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond

  Nichols, Maggie, 1997-

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  Maggie Nichols's official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under the US national gymnastics team and how she managed to redefine herself in the face of adversity.

• Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists

  a Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights

  Kendall, Mikki,

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  A colorful introduction to the history of women's rights and the diverse issues involved in the fight for gender equality throughout history.

• Good Girls Don't Make History

  Kiehner, Elizabeth,

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  An in-depth look at the women's voting rights struggle in America, which does not shy away from the ways race fractured the suffrage movement and left deep and painful wounds.

• Animal Allies

  15 Amazing Women in Wildlife Research

  Pagel-Hogan, Elizabeth,

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  Explore the natural world with 15 fascinating female scientists.

• D-Day Girls

  The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

  Rose, Sarah

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  Andrée Borrel, Odette Sansom, and Lise de Baissac were three of Britain's heroic Special Operations Executive (SOE) female agents who risked their lives to bring about D-Day and win WWII.

• Remember My Story

  a Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship That Made History

  Sarnowski, Claire,

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  The inspiring true story about how a modern teen girl and her Holocaust-survivor friend fought against hate to create change.

• Eighty Days

  Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World

  Goodman, Matthew

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  Pioneering journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's sensational race around the world in 80 days epitomized the excitement and anxieties surrounding gender roles in the rapidly changing Victorian era.

• This Promise of Change

  One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality

  Boyce, Jo Ann Allen,

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  Boyce, one of 12 black students who integrated Clinton, Tennessee's public high school in August 1956, following racial desegregation, relays the story of that harrowing experience in verse.

• Gamer Girls

  25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry

  Kenney, Mary,

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  Discover the women behind the video games we love--from the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever.