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Amazing Women in History: Picturebooks

These books can be used to support the difficult, but essential conversation with young children about how women were not treated well throughout history, but that they were always accomplishing amazing things despite the sexism they encountered, often on top of racism, poverty, disabilities and other challenges.

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23 items

  • Hidden Figures

    the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

    Shetterly, Margot Lee
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, [2018] — J 510.925 SHE
  • I Dissent

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

    Levy, Debbie
    Book, 2016New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] — J 347.732 GIN LEV
  • Book, 2015New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2015. — J 923.673 KEL MEL
  • Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science

    the First Computer Programmer

    Stanley, Diane
    Book, 2016New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] — J 510.92 LOV STA
  • She Made a Monster

    How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

    Fulton, Lynn
    Book, 2018New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018] — J 928.2 SHE FUL
  • Book, 2014New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2014] — J 923.673 PAR MEL
  • Swan

    the Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

    Snyder, Laurel
    Book, 2015San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2015] — J 927.928 PAV SNY
  • Shaking Things Up

    14 Young Women Who Changed the World

    Hood, Susan, 1954-
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, [2018] — J 920.72 HOO
  • Book, 2010New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2010] — E NOV
  • The Tree Lady

    the True Story of How One Tree-loving Woman Changed a City Forever

    Hopkins, H. Joseph
    Book, 2013New York : Beach Lane Books, [2013] — J 926.35 SES HOP
  • Ada's Ideas

    the Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer

    Robinson, Fiona, 1965-
    Book, 2016New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. — J 510.92 LOV ROB
  • The Watcher

    Jane Goodall's Life With the Chimps

    Winter, Jeanette
    Book, 2011New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2011] — J 925.9 GOO WIN
  • Bloom

    a Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

    Maclear, Kyo, 1970-
    Book, 2018[Toronto] : Tundra, [2018] — J 927.469 SCH MAC
  • Book, 2018New York : Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — J 925.3 JOH BEC
  • Daredevil

    the Daring Life of Betty Skelton

    McCarthy, Meghan
    Book, 2013New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2013] — J 926.291 SKE MCC