Lists and Suggestions for Teens
List: Women's History Month 2021: YA Nonfiction
Modern HERstory : Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History
Imani, Blair, author.
"An illustrated and informative primer on the progressive social change movements of the last ...
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists : a Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights
Kendall, Mikki, author.
"A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights The ongoing struggle...
History vs Women : the Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know
Sarkeesian, Anita, author.
Sarkeesian and Aster introduce readers to a range of dynamic women across many different races, coun...
Lifting as We Climb : Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Dionne, Evette, author.
"For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-openi...
Women in Science : 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989- author, illustrator.
A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, t...
Bygone Badass Broads : 52 Forgotten Women who Changed the World
Lee, Mackenzi, author.
Based on Mackenzi Lee's popular weekly Twitter series of the same name, Bygone Badass Broads f...
Bad Girls of Fashion : Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga
Croll, Jennifer, author.
"Explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change per...
Vote! : Women's Fight for Access to the Ballot Box
Frazer, Coral Celeste, author.
In the battle for the right to vote, American women faced arrest, jail time, and ridicule. They org...
Legacy : Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Grimes, Nikki, author.
From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward n...
Radioactive! : How Irène Curie & Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
Conkling, Winifred, author.
"The ... little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discov...
Rad Women Worldwide : Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries who Shaped History
Schatz, Kate, author.
"From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold ...
She Takes a Stand : 16 Fearless Activists who have Changed the World
Ross, Michael Elsohn, 1952-
"Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate ab...
Jane Against the World : Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
Blumenthal, Karen, author.
A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landma...
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights : from the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment
Kops, Deborah, author.
Alice Paul reignited the sleepy suffrage moment with dramatic demonstrations and provocative banner...
She Represents : 44 Women who are Changing Politics ... and the World
Donohue, Caitlin, author.
"Each of the forty-four women profiled in this illustrated YA book demonstrates how women are ...
Almost Astronauts : 13 Women who Dared to Dream
Stone, Tanya Lee.
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to st...
Women in Art : 50 Fearless Creatives who Inspired the World
Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989- author, illustrator.
"Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists - from the 11th century to today - from ...
Mighty Justice : the Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018, author.
A biography of Dovey Johnson Roundtree--one of the first black women to break the racial and gender...
Ms. Gloria Steinem : a Life
Conkling, Winifred, author.
Throughout the years, Gloria Steinem is perhaps the single-most iconic figure associated with women...
Born to Fly : the First Women's Air Race Across America
Sheinkin, Steve, author.
The 1929 Air Derby was the first women's air race across the U.S. Meet the trailblazers: Ameli...
Dissenter on the Bench : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life & Work
Ortiz, Victoria, author.
"The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, wit...
Fighter in Velvet Gloves : Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
Boochever, Annie, author.
"'No Natives or Dogs Allowed' blared the storefront sign at the young Tlingit Indian...
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Theoharis, Jeanne, author.
"This definitive biography of Rosa Parks accessibly examines her six decades of activism, chal...
Clarina Nichols : Frontier Crusader for Women's Rights
Eickhoff, Diane, author.
A biography of the early American newspaper publisher and feminist, Clarina Howard Nichols. Include...