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She persisted : 13 American women who changed the world
—Clinton, Chelsea, author.
2017

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Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith,...
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Hidden Figures : The Untold True Story Of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
—Shetterly, Margot Lee, author.
2016

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Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight...
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Nobel Prize winners
—Hacker, Carlotta.
1998

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Chronicles the lives and achievements of women who have received Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields, including Aung San Suu Kyi, Barbara McClintock,...
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Katherine Johnson
—Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.
2025

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"Learn about the incredible story of Katherine Johnson! The trailblazer whose calculations changed the future of space exploration. Little Katherine l...
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When I Was Eight
—Jordan-Fenton, Christy, author.
2013

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This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school....
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Amateur hour : Kamala Harris in the White House
—Spiering, Charlie, author.
2024

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"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...
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Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl
—Reid, Megan, author.
2020

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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...
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Won't take no for an answer! : the story of aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman
—Moyers, Suzanne.
2007

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Fly high! : the story of Bessie Coleman
—Borden, Louise.
2000

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Discusses the life of the determined African woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921....
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Heroines : great women through the ages
—Hazell, Rebecca.
1996

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Profiles women from around the world and throughout history....
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The Trailblazing Life Of Viola Desmond : A Civil Rights Icon
—Kehoe, Rachel, author.
2023

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"On November 8, 1946, Viola Desmond was arrested for refusing to move from the 'whites-only' section of a movie theater in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. B...
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Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Harriet Tubman to Mia Hamm
—McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968-
2000

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Profiles young women from around the world who accomplished great things while still teenagers, including Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale and Mia...
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Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes
—Welden, Amelie, 1975-
1998

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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...
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Finding my dance
—Thundercloud, Ria, author.
2022

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"In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride...
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Ablaze with color : a story of painter Alma Thomas
—Harvey, Jeanne Walker, author.
2022

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Tells the story of painter and teacher Alma Thomas, discussing her childhood, teaching career and activism....
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Fireflies in the dark : the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin
—Rubin, Susan Goldman.
2000

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Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes ar...
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Finding my dance
—Thundercloud, Ria, author.
2017

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"In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride...
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Fruit punch : a memoir
—Allen, Kendra, 1994- author.
2022

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A unique memoir explores what it feels like to grow up as Black girl in the South navigating a complex interplay of race, class, and gender while tryi...
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For the right to learn : Malala Yousafzai's story
—Langston-George, Rebecca.
2016

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"Tells Malala Yousafzai's harrowing story of standing up for girls' education against the Taliban, being shot in the head, and surviving to continue t...
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Sacagawea : guide to the Corps of Discovery
—Orr, Nicole, author.
2025

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"The fascinating life story of a young Native American mother who became entrenched in American history. Born into the Shoshone Lemhi tribe in 1788, t...

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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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