March is Women's History Month - Last Week
This month we are celebrating Women's History Month. Each week we are providing ideas that can be used in classrooms. Please check out the first March blog to see the interview with a very special D7 lady.
This week we have a few ideas for you to use in your classrooms or share with students.
Ideas for each day this week:
Monday - Latinas' Bicultural Political Engagement and Experiences
Tuesday - Women's Suffrage Movement (video)
Wednesday - Maryland Museum of Women's History
Thursday - Women in Sports Leadership
Friday - African American Women and Civil Rights
Celebrate Women’s Voices
Women’s History Month Book List
A big shout-out to our district librarian, Eva Pieper, for researching and putting together this list of great books for everyone. Take a look!
Young Adult to Adult
Berry, Diana Ramey. A Black Women’s History of the United States. This critical survey of black women’s complicated legacy in America takes into account their exploitation as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country since its inception. (Dewey 305.48)
Dionne, Evette. Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of Black women as a force in the suffrage movement - when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle. (Dewey 323.3)
Gharib, Malaka. I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir. This graphic novel tells the story of Malaka, who navigated her childhood chasing her parents’ ideals, learning to code-switch between her family’s Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture, crushing on skater boys, and holding onto cultural values while being an all-American kid. (Dewey 305.9)
Gorman, Amanda. Call Us What We Carry: Poems. A new voice in American poetry presents a collection of poems that cast an eye on current events while being hopeful about the future. (Dewey 811)
Greenfield, Amy Butler. The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life. This biography of a groundbreaking American cryptanalyst is entwined with crucial episodes in U.S. history. Friedman pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII, but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field. (Dewey 940.54)
Henley, Ariel. A Face for Picasso. Ariel and her twin sister, Zan, were born with a rare condition that affected the growth of their skull bones and had a profound influence on the way the sisters look. The book is an exploration of Ariel’s childhood, up through the start of college, and the discrimination and ableism she experienced as a result of having a facial disfigurement. (Dewey 617.5)
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March. This beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement with one of its youngest heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. (Dewey 323.1196)
Muhammad, Ibtihaj. Proud: Living My American Dream. Fencer and Olympic medalist Muhammad pens an eminently readable account of her childhood through her win at the 2016 Rio Olympics. (Dewey 796.86)
Nelson, Marilyn. Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life. This is a powerful biography in poems about a trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance. (Dewey 811)
Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra. The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War and Survival. In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace. (Dewey 949.703)
Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. A group of bright, talented, and wholly underappreciated Black female geniuses began their work in 1943, making mathematical calculations that would launch rockets into space at the institution that would become NASA. (Dewey 510.92)
Sotomayor, Sonia. My Beloved World. In this autobiography, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor candidly and gracefully recounts her formative years growing up as a Puerto Rican girl in a Bronx housing project. This memoir outlines the numerous obstacles, and remarkable achievements, on her path to realizing her highest dream of becoming a judge. (Dewey 347.73)
Wang, Qian Julie. Beautiful Country: A Memoir. In this powerful debut, Wang reflects on her childhood experiences as an undocumented immigrant. Escaping communist rule in China, her family settled in Manhattan’s Chinatown where they experienced disillusionment and poverty, worked exploitative jobs, and feared the ever-present threat of deportation. (Dewey 974.7)
Elementary to Middle Grades
Amescua, Gloria. Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jimenez, Daughter of the Nahua. This fictionalized account tells the story of Luz Jimenez, an Indigenous Nahua girl from the outskirts of Mexico City, who grew up to realize her dreams of becoming a teacher and working to preserve the Nahua language and culture.
Blackford, Cheryl. Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life. This highly visual biography tells the story of one of the most celebrated paleontologists of all time. Growing up, she loved exploring the beach and hunting for fossils. She discovered the first complete plesiosaur fossil, the first connected ichthyosaur skeleton, and hundreds of other finds.
Daemicke, Songju Ma. Tu Youyou’s Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria. Tu Youyou had been interested in science since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today.
DasGupta, Sayantani. Virginia Apgar. There weren't many women who became doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school, but she didn't let that stop her. After a professor discouraged her from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist, instead, and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies, which is still used in hospitals today.
Davids, Sharice. Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman. This inspiring picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, and the first LGBTQA+ congressperson to represent Kansas.
Denise, Anika. Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré. Readers may know Pura Belpré as the name of an award given to books about the Latin American cultural experience. But who was Belpré herself? This illustrated biography celebrates the first Latina New York City librarian, born in 1899, who seeds the folktales of her native Puerto Rico in her new home.
Erdrich, Liselotte. Sacagawea. An Ojibway writer and a Ponca artist tell the story of the young Shoshone woman who traveled west with Lewis and Clark. There are gaps in the story, but Erdrich avoids the usual mistake of making a smooth narrative by filling in with fiction, and is scrupulous about the facts.
Fletcher, Tiera. Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World. Meet science superstars who, in their own words, tell not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get to where they are today.
Grimes, Nikki. Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance. This collection of poetry celebrating women poets is paired with full-color, original art from female African-American illustrators. Grimes uses "The Golden Shovel" poetic method to create original poems based on the works of these groundbreaking women, and to introduce readers to their work.
Ignotofsky, Rachel. Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win. The achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes are highlighted, including well-known figures like Billie Jean King and Simone Biles, as well as lesser-known athletes like skateboarding pioneer Patti McGee and professional baseball player Toni Stone.
Obama, Michelle. Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers. The autobiography from former first lady Michelle Obama now has a young readers' edition. This memoir will connect with young readers and inspire them to value their own stories.
Russell-Brown, Katheryn. She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm. Educator and politician Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress, and the first Black candidate from a major political party to run for the United States presidency.
Schatz, Kate. Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women. This collection of stories and art is about a diverse group of inspiring and accomplished young women who have made positive impacts on the world before the age of 20.
Sidman, Joyce. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science. Explore the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.
Slade, Suzanne. June Almeida, Virus Detective! The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus. As a little girl in Scotland, June Almeida’s cozy family life was upended when her little brother died, leaving her with the desire to help others beat illnesses. She became a virologist who was among the first to photograph and identify the coronavirus family.
Tarnowska, Wafa'. Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day. Tarnowska, a multilingual storyteller and translator, brings enthusiasm to this collection of short biographies. Arranged chronologically with vivid illustrations, the book looks at the lives of women who broke the mold, from Queen Nefertiti to Zahra Lari.
Todd, Tracy. Nina: A Story of Nina Simone. This skillfully paced portrait of Eunice Kathleen Waymon, more widely known by her stage name of Nina Simone, traces her journey from a piano-playing child in North Carolina to later years as a performer, protest song pioneer, and civil rights activist.
Tonatiuh, Duncan. Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. A little-known yet important story of Sylvia Mendez and the fight to end school discrimination against Mexican-American children is told with lively text and expressive art.
Tsui, Bonnie. Sarah and the Big Wave: The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks. This story follows Sarah Gerhardt through her surfing career, beginning with her childhood in Hawaii, where she was often the only girl in the water, and documents the difficulties she had to overcome.
Wolfe, Helen. Unstoppable: Women with Disabilities. Wolfe, who has a physical disability herself, introduces ten contemporary women with disabilities. Each of the women profiled in this book has made invaluable contributions to the world in a wide range of fields.
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