National Women’s History Month Book Ideas

National Women's History Month. I haven't been able to do something fun like this for the last two months. Medical problems get in the way. So, I'm going to do this while I'm still pretty mobile.

Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.


Bad Girls Throughout History - Ann Shen. Book covers 100 remarkable  Women Who Changed the World.

 The Blazing World - Siri Hustvedt  about an artist who hides that she is a woman. She doesn't hide behind one male identity but three.

Book about Sally Ride America's first woman in space by Lynn Sherr.

Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky illustrated book that highlights 50 women who've impacted the world through the STEM fields.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women by Elena Favilli. Illustrated biographies of a hundred different women to read to girls.

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy. This is a picture book about the Supreme Court justice Ruth's life.

Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky.

Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs

Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by Jason Porath.

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert