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Mighty Girls a Selection of Books About Strong Women and Girls Compiled by Barbara Begin Campbell, April, 2015 Mighty Girls A Selection of Books About Strong Women and Girls Compiled by Barbara Begin Campbell, April, 2015 305.4/Bin Bingham, Mindy. BERTA BENZ AND THE MOTORWAGEN: THE STORY OF THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE JOURNEY. Ill. Itoko Maeno. Advocacy, 1989. 323.09/War Warner, Jody. VIOLA DESMOND WON'T BE BUDGED! Ill. Richard Rudnicki. Groundwood /House of Anansi, 2010. 323.3/Chi Childress, Diana. EQUAL RIGHTS IS OUR MINIMUM DEMAND: THE WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN IRAN, 2005. Twenty-First Century, 2011. 323/Pin Pinkney, Andrea Davis. LET IT SHINE: STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS. Ill. Stephen Alcorn. Harcourt, 2000. 324.62/Col Colman, Penny. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY: A FRIENDSHIP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. Henry Holt, 2011. 331.8/Edg Edge, Laura Bufano. WE STAND AS ONE: THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE, NEW YORK, 1909. Twenty-First Century, 2011. 331.88/War Warren, Sarah E. DOLORES HUERTA: A HERO TO MIGRANT WORKERS. Ill. Robert Casilla. Two Lions, 2012. 331.89/Bri Brill, Marlene Targ. ANNIE SHAPIRO AND THE CLOTHING WORKERS’ STRIKE. Ill. Jamel Akib. Millbrook, 2011. 333.7/Joh Johnson, Jen Cullerton. SEEDS OF CHANGE: PLANTING A PATH TO PEACE. Ill. Sonia Lynn Sadler. Lee & Low, 2010. 333.7/Nap Napoli, Donna Jo. MAMA MITI: WANGARI MAATHAI AND THE TREES OF KENYA. Ill. Kadir Nelson. Simon & Schuster, 2010. 333.7/Niv Nivola, Claire A. PLANTING THE TREES OF KENYA: THE STORY OF WANGARI MAATHAI. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 500.8/Thi Thimmesh, Catherine. THE SKY’S THE LIMIT: STORIES OF DISCOVERY BY WOMEN AND GIRLS. Ill. Melissa Sweet. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 540.92/Mac MacLeod, Elizabeth. MARIE CURIE. Ill. John Mantha. Kids Can, 2009. (Beginning Reader) 599.67/O’C O’Connell, Caitlin and Donna M Jackson. THE ELEPHANT SCIENTIST. Photos. Caitlin O'Connell and Timothy Rodwell. Houghton Mifflin, 2011. 599.8/Ott Ottaviani, Jim. PRIMATES: THE FEARLESS SCIENCE OF JANE GOODALL, DIAN FOSSEY, AND BIRUTE GALDIKAS. Ill. Maris Wicks. First Second, 2013. 609.2/Thi Thimmesh, Catherine. GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING: STORIES OF INGENIOUS INVENTIONS BY WOMEN. Ill. Melissa Sweet. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 629.4/Sto Stone, Tanya Lee. ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 WOMEN WHO DARED TO DREAM. Candlewick, 2009. 759.1/Bry Bryant, Jen. GEORGIA’S BONES. Ill. Bethanne Andersen. Eerdmans, 2005. 759.1/Rod Rodriguez, Rachel. THROUGH GEORGIA’S EYES. Ill. Julie Paschkis. Holt, 2006. 759.97/Mor Morales, Yuyi. VIVA FRIDA. Photos. Tim O'Meara. Roaring Brook, 2014. 770.92/Ven Turner, Robyn Montana. DOROTHEA LANGE. Little Brown, 1994. 782.42/Jon Jones, Hettie. BIG STAR FALLIN’ MAMA: FIVE WOMEN IN BLACK MUSIC. Viking, 1995. Educational Resources Lab – http://www.oakland.edu/erl Page 1 792.8/Pav Pavlova, Anna. I DREAMED I WAS A BALLERINA . Ill. with art by Edgar Degas. Atheneum, 2001. 796.3/Ver Vernick, Audrey. SHE LOVED BASEBALL: THE EFFA MANLEY STORY. Ill. Don Tate. Harper Collins, 2010. 808.89/Joc Jocelyn, Marie. SCRIBBLING WOMEN: TRUE TALES FROM ASTONISHING LIVES. Tundra, 2011. 811.5/Nel Nelson, Marilyn. SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM: THE STORY OF THE GREATEST ALL-GIRL SWING BAND IN THE WORLD. Ill. Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 2009. 811.54/Bod Bodecker, N. M. HURRY, HURRY MARY DEAR. Ill. Erik Blegvad. Margaret K. McElderry, 1998. 811.54/Eva Evans, Mari. I AM A BLACK WOMAN. William Morrow, 1970. 813.4/Kru Krull, Kathleen. LOUISA MAY’S BATTLE: HOW THE CIVIL WAR LED TO LITTLE WOMEN. Ill. Carlyn Beccia Walker, 2013. 920.7/Her Ashby, Ruth and Deborah Gore Ohrn. HERSTORY: WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD. Viking, 1995. 920.72/McC McCann, Michelle Roehm & Amelie Welden. GIRLS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD: HEORINES FROM JOAN OF ARC TO MOTHER TERESA. Aladdin, 2012. 970.004/Ray Ray, Deborah Kogan. PAIUTE PRINCESS: THE STORY OF SARAH WINNEMUCCA. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012. 971.33/Van Van Allsburg, Chris. QUEEN OF THE FALLS. Houghton Mifflin, 2011. 973.3/And Anderson, Laurie Halse. INDEPENDENT DAMES: WHAT YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Ill. Matt Faulkner. Simon & Schuster, 2008. 973.3/Red Redmond, Shirley Raye. PATRIOTS IN PETTICOATS: HEROINES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Random House, 2004. 973.7/Sil Silvey, Anita. I’LL PASS FOR YOUR COMRADE: WOMEN SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. Clarion, 2008. B/Aar Cowen, Ida and Irene Gunther. A SPY FOR FREEDOM: THE STORY OF SARAH AARONSOHN. Lodestar, 1984. B/Add Fradin, Judith Bloom & Dennis Brindell Fradin. JANE ADAMS: CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY. Clarion, 2006. B/And Freedman, Russell. THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. Clarion, 2004. B/And Ryan, Pam Munoz. WHEN MARIAN SANG: THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON: THE VOICE OF A CENTURY. Ill. Brian Selznick. Scholastic, 2002. B/Ang Lisandrelli, Elaine Slivinski. MAYA ANGELOU: MORE THAN A POET. Enslow, 1996. B/Ang Pettit, Jayne. MAYA ANGELOU: JOURNEY OF THE HEART. Lodestar, 1996. B/Ann Brown, Don. RARE TREASURE: MARY ANNING AND HER REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. B/Ant Malaspina, Ann. HEART ON FIRE: SUSAN B. ANTHONY VOTES FOR PRESIDENT. Ill. Steve James. Albert Whitman, 2012. B/Bak Winter, Jonah. JAZZ AGE JOSEPHINE. Ill. Marjorie Priceman. Atheneum, 2012. B/Bat Fradin, Judith Bloom. THE POWER OF ONE: DAISY BATES AND THE LITTLE ROCK NINE. Clarion, 2004. B/Bet Greenfield, Eloise. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE. Ill. Jerry Pinkney. Crowell, 1977. B/Bet Meltzer, Milton. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE: VOICE OF BLACK HOPE. Ill. Stephen Marchesi. Puffin, 1988. B/Bio Corey, Shana. YOU FORGOT YOUR SKIRT, AMELIA BLOOMER: A VERY IMPROPER STORY. Ill. Chesley McLaren. Scholastic, 2000. B/Bla Stone, Tanya Lee. WHO SAYS WOMEN CAN’T BE DOCTORS? THE STORY OF ELIZABETH BLACKWELL. Ill. Marjorie Priceman. Henry Holt, 2013. 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Little, Brown, 1992. B/Cha Matthews, Elizabeth. DIFFERENT LIKE COCO. Candlewick, 2007. B/Chi Chisholm, Shirley. UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED. Houghton Mifflin, 1970. B/Chi Hartland, Jessie. BON APPETIT! THE DELICIOUS LIFE OF JULIA CHILD. Schwartz & Wade, 2012. B/Chi Scheader, Catherine. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, TEACHER AND CONGRESSWOMAN. Enslow, 1990. B/Cle Clercq Zubli, Rita la Fontaine de. DISGUISED: A WARTIME MEMOIR. Candlewick, 2007. B/Col Hoose, Philip. CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE. Melanie Kroupa, 2009. B/Cra Jurmain, Suzanne. THE FORBIDDEN SCHOOLHOUSE: THE TRUE AND DRAMATIC STORY OF PRUDENCE CRANDALL AND HER STUDENTS. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. B/Cru Brown, Monica. MY NAME IS CELIA=ME LLAMO CELIA: THE LIFE OF CELIA CRUZ LA VIDIA CELIA CRUZ. Ill. Rafael López.Rising Moon, 2004. B/Cur Krull, Kathleen. MARIE CURIE. Ill. Boris Kulikov. Puffin, 2009. B/Cur McClafferty, Carla Killough. SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING: MARIE CURIE AND RADIUM. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006 B/Ear Tanaka, Shelley. 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