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:

Original Sisters

Science Superstars

Gamer Girls

Bad Girls

Remarkable Minds

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World

Flamboyants

Food Stars

Rad Girls Can

A Greater Goal

A Thousand Sisters

From Here: A Memoir

The Cat I Never Named

A Girl Called Vincent

A Mighty Long Way

Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse

Questions I am Asked About the Holocaust

Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Callenged Big Business

Balcony on the Moon:Coming of Age in Palestine

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

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

GRAPHIC NOVELS:

Primates: The Fearless Science of...Graphic Novel

Seen: Rachel Carson-Graphic Novel

Smash the Patriarchy-Graphic Novel

Wonderful Women of the World-Graphic Novel

The Incredible Nellie Bly-Graphic Novel

Suffrage Song-Graphic Novel

HISTORICAL NOVELS:

Everything is Poison

The Queen's Spade

Under the Same Stars

The Davenports

The Hired Girl

Glow

What Every Girl Should Know

The Librarian of Auschwitz

Beneath the Wide Silk Sky

The Blood Years

Flygirl

Salt to the Sea

Lovely War

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

The Enigma Game

This Rebel Heart

One Last Shot

Truth, Lies and the Questions in Between

Under the Lemon Trees

All the Stars Denied

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!