March is Women’s History Month -and history is FULL of some absolutely incredible women. I’m talking about pioneers in the fields of medicine, mathematics, and science. Incredible minds. Women who fought for what they believed in. These women were courageous, passionate, and visionary. Their stories inspire me – and their stories need to be shared. They deserve to be shared….and not just with our daughters.
I am so grateful for the contributions these and the many other incredible women of history have made. Their creativity, strength, bravery, grit, and gumption changed the world we live in. May we never forget, and may their lives and stories continue to motivate and inspire.
Picture Books
- Mae Among the Stars → Mae Jemison, first African-American woman to travel in space
- Hidden Figures → Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, & Christine Darden, mathematical pioneers, helped launch men into space at NASA
- Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? →Elizabeth Blackwell, first female doctor
- Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2500 Children During the Holocaust → Irena Sendler, Holocaust hero
- Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer → Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer
- Florence Nightingale →pioneer in military nursing
- It Can’t Be Done Nelly Bly → world traveler, cutting-edge & ahead-of-her-time journalist
- Hedy Lamar’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend & Brilliant Inventor → Hedy Lamar, inventor, scientist, actress
- Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton → founder of the first orphanage
Who Was…Books
- Who Was Marie Curie? → scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Who is Jane Goodall? → animal explorer, scientist
- Who Was Susan B. Anthony? →women’s rights advocate
- Who Was Harriet Tubman? →led over 300 slaves to freedom
- Who Was Amelia Earhart? →first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic
- Who Was Sacajawea? → guide for Lewis & Clark’s expedition
Chapter Books
- Sybil Ludington: Revolutionary War Rider → Sybil Ludington, at 16 years old- rode 40 miles (2x as far as Paul Revere) to warn 400 militiamen that the British were coming
- Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words & Pictures → chef, author, TV personality
- Code Girls: The True Story of the American Women Who Secretly Broke Codes in WWII *Young Readers Edition
- Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation →provided the world with an honest and heart-wrenching peek into life during the time of the Holocaust
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