Strong Girls, Strong Women

Women's History Month celebrates the many important contributions of women to events in history. In the United States, this month is celebrated in March, and in Canada it is celebrated in October. For more on the topic, see the feature on the Women's Rights Movement.

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged

Jody Nyasha Warner
Illustrator:  Richard Ridnicki 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Groundwood Books, 2010   ISBN: 978-0888997791
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Bring me some apples and I'll make you a pie: A story about Edna Lewis

Bring me some apples and I'll make you a pie: A story about Edna Lewis

Robbin Gourley
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 8
Clarion Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0618158362
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A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull

A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull

Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Jane Dyer 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 12
Walker, 2004   ISBN: 978-0802789082
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A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women

A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women

Lynne Cheney
Illustrator:  Robin Preiss Glasser 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 10
Simon and Schuster, 2003   ISBN: 978-0689858192
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Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politi

Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politi

Catherine Thimmesh
Illustrator:  Douglas B. Jones 
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Houghton Mifflin, 2004   ISBN: 978-0618971435
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Great Women of the Suffrage Movement

Great Women of the Suffrage Movement

Dana Meachen Rau
Nonfiction
For ages 9 to 12
Compass Point Books, 2006   ISBN: 978-0756512705
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Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769

Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769

Kathryn Lasky
Historical Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2000   ISBN: 978-0439076661
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Chico: A True Story from the Childhood of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice

Chico: A True Story from the Childhood of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice

Sandra Day O'Connor
Illustrator:  Dan Andreasen 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Penguin, 2005   ISBN: 978-0525474524
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Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter

Penny Colman
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Crown Publishers, 1995   ISBN: 978-0517885673
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Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II

Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II

Penny Coleman
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Crown , 2002   ISBN: 978-0517800751
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War, Women, and the News: How female journalists won the battle to cover World W

War, Women, and the News: How female journalists won the battle to cover World W

Catherine Gourley
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2007   ISBN: 978-0689877520
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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter

Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter

Lois V. Harris
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Pelican Publishing, 2007   ISBN: 978-1589804524
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Rabble Rousers: 20 Women who made a difference

Rabble Rousers: 20 Women who made a difference

Cheryl Harness
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 10 and up
Penguin, 2003   ISBN: 978-0525470359
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Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way

Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way

Shana Corey
Illustrator:  Edwin Fotheringham 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Scholastic Press, 2009   ISBN: 978-0439698351
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Molly Pitcher: Young American Patriot

Molly Pitcher: Young American Patriot

Jason Glaser
Illustrator:  Todd Smith , Charles Barnett III , Bill Anderson 
Nonfiction Graphic Novel  Series
For ages 7 to 9
Capstone Press, 2006   ISBN: 978-0736854863
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