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Jan 18, 2024 · Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating. Shark Lady tells the inspiring story of Eugenie Clark, who “dared to dive, defy, discover, and inspire.”. Eugenie Clark fell in love with sharks the first time she saw them and spent her life devoted to learning about them.
- The Story of Harriet Tubman by Christine Platt. Before she became known for her fight to free people from enslavement, she was a little girl who was sad to see her family be separated.
- Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant and Boris Kulikov. This picture book biography tells the story of how Louis Braille lost his sight and invented an alphabet.
- Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne and Éric Puybaret. Once there was a boy named Jacques. He loved to explore the oceans. This whimsical and poetic biography of Jacques Cousteau will inspire kids to follow their explorer natures, as well as help them realize that every person who has made history started as a kid with curiosity.
- Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone and Rebecca Gibbon. From a young age, Elizabeth understood that things weren’t equal in her life.
Ages 12-17 | Publisher: Schwartz & Wade | March 5, 2019 | ISBN-13: 978-1984848451. Header image from Breathe with Me (Sounds True, 2019). The article 15 Inspiring Kids Books About Women Who Changed the World was curated by Bianca Schulze. For similar books and articles, follow along with our content tagged with Women’s History.
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Mar 8, 2024 · Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science is written by Jeannine Atkins for ages 8 – 12. Three women’s lives, Maria Merian, Mary Anning, and Maria Mitchell, are showcased in this beautiful book in verse. Each girl’s interest is explained and elaborated.
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- A Book About A Trailblazing Physicist. Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom, by Teresa Robeson, illustrated by Rebecca Huang.
- A Book About The First Black Woman To Travel In Space. Mae Among The Stars by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Srasia Burrington. Amazon. Mae Jemison was the first African American Woman to travel in space, and Mae Among the Stars begins with her childhood, where she dreamed of “dancing in the stars,” and ends with how she became a hero and trailblazer for Black women everywhere.
- A Book About Our Trailblazing Vice President. Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice, by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Laura Freeman. Barnes & Noble. As the country’s first South Asian American, Black, and female vice president, this beautiful autobiography is a must-read.
- A Book About The Designer Of The Vietnam Memorial. Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, by Jeanne Walker Harvey, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk. Barnes & Noble.
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17. Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer – Learn about Henrietta Leavitt and her discoveries regarding stars and their patterns through this picture book by Robert Burleigh. 18. Galaxy Girls – This collection showcases 50 women who impacted space science.
Aug 29, 2018 · Currently in her 80s, Ginsburg grew up in a time when women were told to aspire solely to become wives and mothers. Instead, she fought to attend law school and eventually became a judge on the U.S. Supreme Court. But more even than just a simple biography, this book has an important role in teaching children about the concept of dissenting.
