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Children like us : a Métis woman's memoir of family, identity and walking herself home

2025

Book

"A Métis girl is adopted by a Mennonite family in this breathtaking memoir about family lost and found -- for those who loved From the Ashes, Educat...

She persisted : 13 American women who changed the world

—Clinton, Chelsea, author.

2017

Book

Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith,...

The Sacred Stone Camp

—Rose, Rae (Journalist), author.

2025

Book

"A stunning account of the Sacred Stone Camp's first day, where Indigenous activist LaDonna BraveBull Allard gathered water protectors to protest the...

Hidden Figures : The Untold True Story Of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space

—Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.

2016

EBook

Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight...

Nobel Prize winners

—Hacker, Carlotta.

1998

Book

Chronicles the lives and achievements of women who have received Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Barbara McClintock,...

When I Was Eight

—Jordan-Fenton, Christy, author.

2013

EBook

This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school....

Katherine Johnson

—Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.

2025

Book

"Learn about the incredible story of Katherine Johnson! The trailblazer whose calculations changed the future of space exploration. Little Katherine l...

Honor the grandmothers : Dakota and Lakota women tell their stories

2000

Book

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Buffalo Bird Girl : a Hidatsa story

—Nelson, S. D., author.

2012

Book

Traces the childhood, friendships and dangers experienced by Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born in 1839, whose community along the Missouri Riv...

When I Was Eight

—Jordan-Fenton, Christy, author.

2013

EAudiobook

This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school....

Amateur hour : Kamala Harris in the White House

—Spiering, Charlie, author.

2024

Book

"Who is the real Kamala Harris? And how did she ascend to the second highest office in the country? Despite her limited experience in national politic...

Always hungry : how I lost the weight and found myself

—McGuinness, Jane (Clinical counsellor), author.

2025

Book

A memoir details one woman's recovery from her emotional eating disorder, while navigating divorce, discrimination, motherhood, and the madness that i...

DK Life stories. Books 1-8

2019

Daisy Sound Recording

Eight biographies featuring influential people who changed the world. Includes Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Gandhi, Katherine Johnson, Helen Keller, M...

Heroines : great women through the ages

—Hazell, Rebecca.

1996

Book

Profiles women from around the world and throughout history....

Humanitarians

—Hacker, Carlotta.

1999

Book

Traces the lives of six women who have devoted their lives to helping those in need, including Princess Diana, Dolores Huerta, Helen Keller, Graca Sim...

Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Harriet Tubman to Mia Hamm

—McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968-

2000

Book

Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale and Mia...

Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes

—Welden, Amelie, 1975-

1998

Book

Tells the stories of thirty-five girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplish...

Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl

—Reid, Megan, author.

2020

Book

Althea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldn't sit still! When she put her mind to it, the fleet-of-foot...

Who was Katherine Johnson?

—Moses, Shelia P., author.

2025

Book

Read all about how a young Black girl who loved numbers grew into a brilliant mathematician who helped land the first person on the moon in this inspi...

Won't take no for an answer! : the story of aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman

—Moyers, Suzanne.

2007

Book

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Orange Shirt Day is a chance for us to engage in open conversation about residential schools

… our Truth Teacher Guide by Tasha Henry Memoir, Autobiography and True Stories Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of … City by Tanya Talaga Finding my Talk : How fourteen Native women reclaimed their lives after residential school …

Books That Became Oscar-Nominated Movies

… Union Army, because there has never before been a serious biography for an adult audience of this important woman. … indifference, love and hate. Get the eBook! Movie: Little Women Book: Little Women The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, live …

Voyage Into the Interior: Extending the Painted Image

… … Herivel, Antoinette (1996) Antoinette Herivel, like many women, has chosen to create an unconventional autobiography. To high art traditions and methods of domestic … onto, in, and around the material objects that furnish women's domestic spaces. Curator: Vera Lemecha …

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