Explore Women's History with YA Lit

Enjoy a selection of books highlighting the history, experience, and achievements of women through the ages and throughout the world.

Click on a book below to be directed to our online catalog.

Want to learn more? Follow the links to sites that might be of interest!

NON-FICTION:

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  Original Sisters

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  Science Superstars

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  Gamer Girls

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  Bad Girls

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  Remarkable Minds

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  Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World

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  Flamboyants

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  Food Stars

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  Rad Girls Can

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  A Greater Goal

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  A Thousand Sisters

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  From Here: A Memoir

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  The Cat I Never Named

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  A Girl Called Vincent

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  A Mighty Long Way

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  Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse

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  Questions I am Asked About the Holocaust

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  Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Callenged Big Business

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  Balcony on the Moon:Coming of Age in Palestine

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  Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

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  Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

GRAPHIC NOVELS:

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  Primates: The Fearless Science of...Graphic Novel

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  Seen: Rachel Carson-Graphic Novel

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  Smash the Patriarchy-Graphic Novel

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  Wonderful Women of the World-Graphic Novel

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  The Incredible Nellie Bly-Graphic Novel

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  Suffrage Song-Graphic Novel

HISTORICAL NOVELS:

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  Everything is Poison

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  The Queen's Spade

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  Under the Same Stars

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  The Davenports

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  The Hired Girl

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  Glow

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  What Every Girl Should Know

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  The Librarian of Auschwitz

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  Beneath the Wide Silk Sky

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  The Blood Years

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  Flygirl

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  Salt to the Sea

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  Lovely War

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  Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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  The Enigma Game

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  This Rebel Heart

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  One Last Shot

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  Truth, Lies and the Questions in Between

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  Under the Lemon Trees

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  All the Stars Denied

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  The Smell of Other People's Houses

ONLINE RESOURCES:

• Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society.

  Follow the link here for great NWHM Online Exhibits such as Inventive Women, The Women of NASA, Game Changers and much more!

  

  
  

• Celebrate Women's History | PBS

  Celebrate Women's History Month by exploring pivotal points in American history and learning more about women who fought for progress.

  

  
  

• National Geographic Kids presents an overview of Women's History Month. Get to know individual historical figures on their Women Heroes page. This site is great for kids and tweens!