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HERstory: Empowerment
This book category contains biographical stories of empowered women throughout history. The women portrayed in these books have a variety of backgrounds, professions, and influences. Use these books to illustrate how women have impacted history and the importance of empowered women. We included stories about Rosie Revere, Frida Kahlo, and more.
“I've never been interested in being invisible and erased."
- Laverne Cox. 2015
PK-5
Marching with Aunt Susan
Claire Murphy
Bessie learns the hard truth that women don't have rights after being told she can't hike nor vote with her brother and father. In her desire to bring change, she protests with Susan B Anthony for Women's Rights.
#History #WomensSuffrage #Injustice #Equality #Gender
K-4
I am Amelia Earhart
Brad Meltzer
This story follows Amelia Earhart through her life as a child and into her success as a pilot. She seeks adventure and finally explores the world across the Atlantic Ocean from an airplane.
#History #SuccessfulWomen #Adventure #Pilot
2-5
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee
Traci Sorell
A biographical story of Mary Golda Ross, a cherokee woman who designed spacecraft and airplanes and advocated for educational equality.
#NativeAmerican #Cherokee #FemaleEmpowerment #WomenInSTEM #FemaleEngineer #Teacher #EqualOpportunity
PK-3
No Truth Without Ruth
Kathleen Krull
A biographical telling of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her fight for women's rights and equality.
#FemaleEmpowerment #Women'sRightsAdvocate #Feminism #PowerfulWomen #Women'sEquality #Biography
K-3
She spoke: 14 women who raised their voices and changed the world
Kathy MacMillan, Maluela Bernardi
A portrait of fourteen influential female voices in history.
#FemaleEmpowerment #Feminism #FemaleVoices #Equality #Activism #EqualRight #Women'sRights
5-9
Fannie Never Flinched
Mary Cronk Farrell
A story about Fannie Sellins and her dedication to justice and equality for American workers in the Gilded Age.
#Equality #Justice #Feminism #GildedAge #UnionActivisim #WealthInequality #Biography #WorkersStrike
K-3
Best Beekeeper of Lalibela
Cristina Kessler
A young girl in a small village in Ethipia becomes a bee keeper, which the career is supposed to belong to men.
#BeeKeeper #Environment #Ethiopia #Gender #Stereotype #Feminism #Power
Prek-3
Drum Dream Girl
Margarita Engle
In her community where only boys can drum, a girl sercretly practices drumming and changes a community's mind.
#Music #Courage #Feminism #Gender #GirlPower #Latinx #Hispanic #SouthAmerican
1-7
Intersection Allies: We make room
Chelsea Johnson
Three kids with various backgrounds support each other's differences by advocating respect and inclusion.
#Intersectionality #Feminism #IntersectionalFeminism #FemaleEmpowerment #Equality #Allyship #Diabilities #GenderFluidity #Refugee #Justice
PK-5
Marching with Aunt Susan
Claire Murphy
Bessie learns the hard truth that women don't have rights after being told she can't hike nor vote with her brother and father. In her desire to bring change, she protests with Susan B Anthony for Women's Rights.
#History #WomensSuffrage #Injustice #Equality #Gender
PK-3
Rock what you got
Samantha Berger
In this affirmation of self-identity and girl power, a drawing of a little girl comes to life, she boldly declares that she doesn't want to be erased, or put into a picture that doesn't feel like her true self.
#Feminism #SelfAffirmation #Confidence #Black #Feelings #SelfEsteem #StrongFemales #Gender #BodyPositivity
1-3
Virgie goes to school with us boys
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
A young boy takes his younger sister on her first trip to school in the Reconstruction-era South.
#Black #Girl #Education #Literacy #Feminism #Gender #Reconstruction #South #Segregation #History #Quackers #Slavery #HistoricalFiction
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