Lists and Suggestions for Teens

List: Women's History Month 2021: YA Nonfiction

Imani, Blair, author.

"An illustrated and informative primer on the progressive social change movements of the last ...

Kendall, Mikki, author.

"A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights The ongoing struggle...

Sarkeesian, Anita, author.

Sarkeesian and Aster introduce readers to a range of dynamic women across many different races, coun...

Dionne, Evette, author.

"For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-openi...

Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989- author, illustrator.

A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, t...

Lee, Mackenzi, author.

Based on Mackenzi Lee's popular weekly Twitter series of the same name, Bygone Badass Broads f...

Croll, Jennifer, author.

"Explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change per...

Frazer, Coral Celeste, author.

In the battle for the right to vote, American women faced arrest, jail time, and ridicule. They org...

Grimes, Nikki, author.

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward n...

Conkling, Winifred, author.

"The ... little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discov...

Schatz, Kate, author.

"From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold ...

Ross, Michael Elsohn, 1952-

"Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate ab...

Blumenthal, Karen, author.

A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landma...

Kops, Deborah, author.

Alice Paul reignited the sleepy suffrage moment with dramatic demonstrations and provocative banner...

Donohue, Caitlin, author.

"Each of the forty-four women profiled in this illustrated YA book demonstrates how women are ...

Stone, Tanya Lee.

What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to st...

Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989- author, illustrator.

"Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists - from the 11th century to today - from ...

Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018, author.

A biography of Dovey Johnson Roundtree--one of the first black women to break the racial and gender...

Conkling, Winifred, author.

Throughout the years, Gloria Steinem is perhaps the single-most iconic figure associated with women...

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

The 1929 Air Derby was the first women's air race across the U.S. Meet the trailblazers: Ameli...

Ortiz, Victoria, author.

"The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, wit...

Boochever, Annie, author.

"'No Natives or Dogs Allowed' blared the storefront sign at the young Tlingit Indian...

Theoharis, Jeanne, author.

"This definitive biography of Rosa Parks accessibly examines her six decades of activism, chal...

Eickhoff, Diane, author.

A biography of the early American newspaper publisher and feminist, Clarina Howard Nichols. Include...