[bksvol-discuss] Re: Women's History Month books
- From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bookshare Volunteers <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:43:58 -0500
Scholastic has this list of books for Women's HIstory month. I will do Women
Who Dared by Valjean McLenighan.
*Books for Children*
*Mothers of Invention: From The Bra to the Bomb, Forgotten Women and their
Unforgettable Ideas*, by Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek. Nuclear fission,
pink champagne, drip coffee, the ice cream cone — all were invented by
women. Grades 9–adult.
*Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States,* by Sheila Keenan.
Meet more than 200 notable women from the 1500s to today. Grades 4 and up.
*Women Who Dared*, by Valjean McLenighan. Biographies of six women who found
adventure and satisfaction in unusual accomplishments make exciting reading.
Grades 4–8.
*Tatterhood and Other Tales*, edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps, 25
international folk tales with spirited females as central characters and
positive, pertinent themes. Grades 1–6.
*The Keeping Quilt*, by Patricia Polacco. Four generations have passed down
family history through a quilt in this heartwarming, well-illustrated story.
Preschool-Grade 3.
The Women of Our Time series is excellent, each brief book featuring a
contemporary, notable woman and focusing on childhood experiences which set
her path. Grades 3–6.
*The Invisible Thread*, by Yoshiko Uchida. Insightful, sensitive
autobiography by the author of *Journey to Topaz* and* Journey Home*,
childhood classics about the Japanese-American internment during World War
II. Grades 5–9.
Books for Students of Junior High Age and Older
Hall, Marjory, *Quite Contrary: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker* (New York: Funk &
Wagnalls, 1970). Biography of a pioneer female physician, the first woman to
serve as a U.S. Army surgeon (during the Civil War) and to receive the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
Snyder, Charles McCool, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker: *The Little Little Lady in
Pants* (Salem, NH: Ayers Co. Pubs., Inc., 1974).
Hine, Darlene Clark, *Black Women in America: An Historical
Encyclopedia*(Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc., 1993). Brief
biographies of
African-American women throughout the nation's history. This reference work
includes useful bibliographies, a chronology/time line, and a index by
accomplishments or job categories.
Hymowitz, Carol, and Michaele Weissman, *A History of Women in America* (New
York: Bantam Books, 1984). From the "Founding Mothers" to "The New
Feminism."
Luchetti, Cathy, and Carol Olwell, *Women of the West* (New York: Orion
Books, 1982). Includes many photos and first-hand accounts of women and
girls on the western frontier.
*Books For Adult Readers *
*Born for Liberty*, by Sara Evans. The diversity of women's experiences and
their changing social and political influence is well presented in this
highly readable, multicultural volume.
*Black Women in White America*, edited by Gerda Lerner. The distinct history
of black women unfolds through excerpts from their speeches, diaries,
letters and ephemera.
*Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story*, by
Libby Riddles. It's exciting to read this champion's day-by-day account of
the grueling 1200-mile sled dog race when you're warm and snug at home.
*The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions*, by
Paula Gunn Allen. Topics range from tribal myths to women chiefs and
warriors, to gender and power, violence against women, and contemporary
prose and poetry.
*Chinese Women of America: A Pictorial History*, by Judy Yung. Oral
histories from 250 women and 130 photographs combine for true-to-life
portrayals of a wide range of Chinese-American women.
Books by Topic
*Biographies, Collective Biographies, and Overviews *
*All For the Better: A Story of El Barrio*. Nicholasa Mohr. Story of Evelina
Lopez Antonetty, who founded the activist group, Bronx United Parents. 56 p.
Grades 3–8. Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
*Citizen 13660*. Mine Okubo. Brings to life the author's internment as a
young Japanese American in two relocation centers during WWII. 209 p. Grades
5–12. University of Washington Press, 1946.
*The Day the Women Got the Vote: A Photo History of the Women's Rights
Movement*. George Sullivan. 96 p. Grades 5–Adult. Scholastic Inc., 1994.
*Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery*. Russell Freedman. 198 p. Grades
6–Adult. Clarion Books, 1993.
*Faith Ringgold*. Robyn Montana Turner. Influential, contemporary
African-American artist. 32 p. Grades 2–6. Little, Brown, 1993.
*Fannie Lou Hamer and the Fight for the Vote*. Penny Colman. Dynamic civil
rights leader. 32 p. Grades 3–6. Millbrook Press, 1993.
*Female Leaders: Profiles of Great Black Americans*. Richard Rennert, ed.
Eight contemporary and historic African-Americans whose lives have been
dedicated to human equality. 64 p. Grades 5–8. Chelsea House, 1994.
*First-Start Biographies: Young Helen Keller: Woman of Courage*. Anne
Benjamin. (32 p. each. Grades K–2. Troll, 1992.)
*First-Start Biographies: Young Amelia Earhart: A Dream to Fly*. Susan
Alcott. (32 p. each. Grades K–2. Troll, 1992.)
*First-Start Biographies: Young Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter*. Anne
Benjamin. (32 p. each. Grades K–2. Troll, 1992.)
*Great Women in the Struggle*. Toyomi Igus, ed. Eighty-four African-American
women of achievement are profiled with one-page biographies and photographs.
107 p. Grades 4–8. Just Us Books, 1991.
*Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad*. Megan McClard. 133
p. Grades 5–12. Silver Burdett, 1991.
*Hillary Rodham Clinton*. Suzanne Levert. 48 p. Grades 2–4. Millbrook Press,
1994.
*Inspirations: Stories About Women Artists*. Leslie Sills. Includes Georgia
O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, and Faith Ringgold. 51 p. Grades 4–10.
Albert Whitman and Co., 1989.
*Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Superwoman*. Stellar heptathlon champion. 54 p.
Grades 3–6. Lerner Publications, 1994.
*Julia Morgan: Architect of Dreams*. Ginger Wadsworth. 128 p. Grades 5–12.
Lerner Publications, 1990.
*Kristi Yamaguchi: Artist on Ice*. Shiobhan Donohue. In 1992 Yamaguchi won
the National, Olympic, and world championship titles in figure skating. 64
p. Grades 3–6. Lerner Publications, 1994.
*Las Mujeres: Mexican American/ Chicana Women*. National Women's History
Project. Photographs and bilingual biographies of 17 women from the 1700s to
the present. 40 p. Grades 6–Adult. NWHP, 1991.
*Leaders*. Cecilia Fannon. This book takes a look at 24 contemporary women
leaders. 64 p. Grades 3–7. Rourke Corporation, 1991.
*Madam C.J. Walker: Building a Business Empire*. Penny Colman. Walker
developed a huge network manufacturing and selling beauty products made
especially for African-Americans. 48 p. Grades 2–4. Millbrook Press, 1994.
*Mary McLeod Bethune*. Patricia and Fred McKissack. African-American role
model who worked steadfastly for Blacks' equality in education and political
rights. 32 p. Grades 3–5. Children's Press, 1992.
*Mother Jones and the March of the Mill Children*. Penny Colman. Labor
leader. 48 p. Grades 3–6. Millbrook Press, 1994.
*Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte*. Jeri Ferris.
First Native American woman to earn a medical degree (1889). 88 p. Grades
4–6. Carolrhoda Press, 1991.
*Peace and Bread: The Story of Jane Addams*. Stephanie Sammartino McPherson.
Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, and received the Nobel Prize. 96 p.
Grades 3–8. Carolrhoda Books, 1993.
*A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman*. David A. Adler. 30 p. Grades K–3.
Holiday House, 1992.
*A Picture Book of Rosa Parks*. David A. Adler. 30 p. Grades K–3. Holiday
House, 1993.
*A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth*. David A. Adler. Outspoken abolitionist
and crusader for the rights of all women and African Americans. 30 p. Grades
K–3. Holiday House, 1992.
*Rosa Parks: My Story*. Rosa Parks. 192 p. Grades 4–8. Penguin, 1992.
*Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States,* by Sheila Keenan.
Meet more than 200 notable women from the 1500s to today. Grades 4 and up.
*A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War*. Ina Chang. Covers both Union
and Confederate women's experiences. 102 p. Grades 5–12. Dutton, 1991.
*Shirley Chisholm: Teacher and Congresswoman*. Catherine Scheader. First
Black woman to run for president of the U.S. 128 p. Grades 5–12. Enslow,
1990.
*Sor Juana Ines De la Cruz*. Kathleen Thompson. Mexico's greatest poet. 32
p. Grades 3–5. Steck-Vaughn, 1991.
*The Story of Women Who Shaped the West*. Mary Virginia Fox.
European-American women who worked in a variety of fields in the early West.
32 p. Grades 3–5. Children's Press, 1991.
*Susan Butcher: Sled Dog Racer*. Ginger Wadsworth. Winner of Iditarod race.
64 p. Grades 3–6. Lerner Publications, 1994.
*They Shall Be Heard: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton*. Kate
Connell. Anthony and Stanton led the 19th-century movement for women's
equality. 85 p. Grades 3–8. Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
Troll Series Biographies. Set of ten biographies, including Louisa May
Alcott, Clara Barton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart,
Helen Keller, Sacajawea, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Rosa Parks.
48 p. each. Grades 3–6. Troll, 1979–1993.
*Vilma Martinez*. Corinn Codye. Former director of the Mexican-American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund. 32 p. Grades 3–8. Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
*Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story Told by Herself*. Gilbert L. Wilson,
compiler. Hidatsa Indian woman born in 1839 weaves the story of her life and
the lives of the women in her tribe. 189 p. Grades 5–Adult. University of
Nebraska Press, 1981.
*Wilma Mankiller: Chief of the Cherokee Nation*. Bruce Glassman. Principal
Chief of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. 64 p. Grades 3–7. Blackbirch
Press, 1991.
*A Woman Unafraid: The Achievements of Frances Perkins*. Penny Colman.
Secretary of Labor; first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. 129 p. Grades 4–8.
Macmillan Publishing, 1993.
*Women at Work: 153 Photographs by Lewis W. Hine*. Jonathan L. Doherty, ed.
118 p. Grades 6–Adult. Dover Publications, 1981.
Women of Our Time Biographies. Series including women such as Dorothea
Lange, Grandma Moses, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Rachel Carson. 52–64 p. each.
Grades 3–6. Penguin, 1984–1988.
*Women of the U.S. Congress*. Isobel V. Morin. Seven influential women. 160
p. Grades 5–10. Oliver Press, 1994.
*Women Win the Vote*. Betsy Covington Smith. History of U.S. women from 1620
to the present. 64 p. Grades 5–8. Silver Burdett, 1989.
*Family History *
*Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia*. Carmen Lomas Garza. Bilingual picture
book depicting the experiences of a young girl in a traditional Hispanic
community in the Southwest. 32 p. Grades 1–6. Children's Book Press, 1990.
*The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are*. Lila Perl.
Handbook that makes delving into one's roots an intriguing project. 112 p.
Grades 4–8. Clarion Books, 1989.
*The Josefina Story Quilt*. Eleanor Coerr. Fictional account of a young girl
traveling west with her family in 1850. 64 p. Grades K–3. HarperCollins,
1986.
*The Keeping Quilt*. Patricia Polacco. Fictional account of the central role
of an old family quilt. 32 p. Read-to-me grades pre-K–3. Simon and Schuster,
1988.
*Historical Fiction *
*Angel Island Prisoner 1922*. Helen Chetin. Angel Island in California was
where Asian immigrants were held while their health and official papers were
checked. Through the eyes of a young girl waiting there, readers share the
immigrant women's experience. 55 p. Grades 4–8. New Seed Press, 1982.
*Bloomers!* Rhoda Blumberg. How bloomers helped spread the word about
women's rights. 30 p. Grades K–4. Simon and Schuster, 1993.
*Cassie's Journey: Going West in the 1860s*. Brett Harvey. 40 p. Grades 3–6.
Holiday House, 1988.
*The Trail on Which They Wept: The Story of a Cherokee Girl*. Dorothy and
Thomas Hoobler. The Trail of Tears journey, told from the viewpoint of a
young girl. 57 p. Grades 3–4. Silver Burdett, 1992.
*International *
*The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World*. Ethel
Johnston Phelps, ed. 176 p. Grades 4–Adult. Henry Holt and Co., 1981.
*Tatterhood and Other Tales*. Ethel Johnston Phelps, ed. International folk
tales. 166 p. Grades 1–6. The Feminist Press, 1978.
*Women and War: World War II*. Fiona Reynoldson. International account told
through first-person quotes, diary accounts, narrative text, and photos. 48
p. Grades 5–9. Thomson Learning, 1993.
*Language Arts *
*Connie Chung: Broadcast Journalist*. Mary Malone. Anchorperson on the CBS
Evening News. 128 p. Grades 6–12. Enslow Publishers, 1992.
*Female Writers: Profiles of Great Black Americans*. Richard Rennert, ed.
Eight writers who have provided profound insight into the African-American
experience. 64 p. Grades 5–8. Chelsea House, 1994.
*Gloria Estefan: Cuban-American Singing Star*. Fernando Gonzales. Lead
singer and songwriter of Miami Sound Machine. 32 p. Grades 3–5. Millbrook
Press, 1993.
*Maya Angelou*. Nancy Shuker. Author, poet, musician, and actress. 128 p.
Grades 9–12. Silver Burdett, 1990.
*Maya Angelou*: Greeting the Morning. Sarah E. King. Renowned
African-American poet and actress. 48 p. Grades 4–8. Millbrook Press, 1994.
*Zora Neale Hurston: A Storyteller's Life*. Janelle Yates. Researcher,
folklorist and author. 98 p. Grades 6–10. Ward Hill Press, 1991.
*Science And Mathematics *
*American Women in Science Biographies, Set 1 and Set 2*. Short biographies
show how childhood interests led these women scientists to interesting
careers. Set 1: 10 biographies plus teacher's guide. Set 2: 5 biographies
(all of women who also have major disabilities). 31 p. each. Grades 1–4. The
Equity Institute, 1985 (Set 1) and 1988 (Set 2).
*Grace Hopper: Navy Admiral and Computer Pioneer*. Charlene W. Billings.
Developed COBOL business programming language. 128 p. Grades 5–12. Enslow
Publications, 1989.
*Jane Goodall: Living With the Chimps*. Pioneered methods of studying
chimpanzee behavior in the wild. 72 p. Grades 3–6. Henry Holt and Co., 1992.
*Marie Curie and Her Daughter Irene*. Rosalynd Pflaum. Marie Curie
discovered radium, polonium, and natural radiation; Irene discovered
artificial radiation. 144 p. Grades 5–9. Lerner Publications, 1993.
*Rooftop Astronomer: A Story About Maria Mitchell*. Discovered a comet in
1847. 64 p. Grades 3–6. CarolRhoda, 1990.
*Rachel Carson: Voice for the Earth*. Ginger Wadsworth. Early
environmentalist who brought public attention to the danger of pesticides.
128 p. Grades 5–12. Lerner Publications, 1992.
*Science is Women's Work: Photos and Biographies of American Women in the
Sciences*. NWHP-Nancy Gallop. 56 p. Grades 4–8. NWHP, 1993.
*The Scientist Within You: Experiments and Biographies of Distinguished
Women in Science*. Rebecca Lowe Warren and Mary H. Thompson. 182 p. Grades
3–9. ACI Publishing, 1994.
*Women and Numbers*. Teri Perl. Activities based on the work of 13
outstanding mathematicians from the 19th and 20th centuries. 213 p. Grades
5–12. Wide World Publishing, 1993.
*Women in Astronomy*. Cobblestone Magazine. History magazine with articles
and activity pages. 48 p. Grades 4–8. Cobblestone, March 1994.
*Women Inventors*. Cobblestone Magazine. History magazine with articles,
activity ideas and quizzes. 48 p. Grades 4–8. Cobblestone, June 1994.
This bibliography was compiled by the National Women's History
Project<http://www.scholastic.com/kids/exit.asp?url=http://www.nwhp.org/>in
spring 1995.
For more information about this organization, please contact the National
Women's History Project, 7738 Bell Road, Windsor, CA 95492. (707) 838-6000.
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