Women's History Month

Celebrate Women’s History Month with these children’s titles that can be found in our Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries!

Finish the Fight: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Won the Right to Vote
by Veronica Chambers (2020)
"Who was at the forefront of women's right to vote? We know a few famous names, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what about so many others from diverse backgrounds--Black, Asian, Latinx, Native American, and more--who helped lead the fight for suffrage? On the hundredth anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose stories have yet to be told."

Suffragist's Handbook: Your Guide to Changing the World
By Lucinda Robb
"One hundred years later, an eye-opening look at the suffragists of the turn of the 20th Century shows that some of their strategies seem oddly familiar. Women's marches at inauguration time? Check. Publicity stunts, optics, and influencers? They practically invented them. Petitions, lobbying, speeches, raising money, and writing articles? All of that, too. From moments of inspiration to some of the movement's darker aspects--including the racism of some suffragist leaders, violence against picketers, and hunger strikes in jail--this clear-eyed view takes in the role of key figures:"

Ambitious Girl (2021)
By Meena Harris
When a young girl sees a strong woman on TV labeled as "too assertive" and "too ambitious," it sends her on a journey of discovery through past, present, and future about the challenges faced by women and girls and the ways in which they can reframe, redefine, and reclaim words meant to knock them down.

Mary Wears What She Wants (2020)
By Keith Negley
Once upon a time (but not too long ago), girls only wore dresses. And only boys wore pants. Until one day, a young girl named Mary had a bold idea: She would wear whatever she wanted. And she wanted to wear pants! Inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing doctor who was arrested many times for wearing pants,

Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race
By Margot Lee Shetterly (2018)
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).

Hooray for women!
By Marcia Williams (2019)

Like a girl
By Lori Degman (2019)

Shaking things up: 14 young women who changed the world
By Susa Hood (2018)

She persisted: 13 American women who changed the world
By Chelsea Clinton (2017)

Suffragette: The Battle for Equality
By David Roberts (2019)

We are artists: women who made their mark on the world
By Kari Herbert (2019)

The truly brave princesses
By Dolores Brown and Sonia Wimmer (2018)

For more picture book titles of individual women who made history, visit our online catalog for more suggestions!  Local libraries also have displays and programs honoring women’s history.