Books for Women’s History Month

It’s women’s history month again! And since last year I did a 8 part series of books one can read, I’m just relisting them here. You can search the tags by title or author to check out my thoughts and summaries on them. But basically one could choose to read a book a day for the entire month so you’ll be very filled with the history of what women can do.

And that’s not all. I may have consumed a fair amount of women’s history books but there are still more coming out, and I’ll be writing about them here because there’s always more to learn.

Nonfiction for Teens and Adults

Rejected Princesses and Tough Mothers by Jason Porath

100 Bad Girls Throughout History and Revolutionary Women by Ann Shen

Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzi Lee

Dead Feminists by Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

She Represents by Caitlin Donohue

Forgotten Women: The Leaders, The Artists, The Writers and The Scientists by Zing Tsjeng

League of Extraordinarily Funny Women by Sheila Moeschen

Renegade Women in Film and TV by Elizabeth Weitzman

Modern Herstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani

Dynamic Dames by Sloan DeForest

Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics by Talithia Williams

In Praise for Difficult Women by Karen Karbo

The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton

Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant and Dangerous Women from History by Erika Own

Thrill Seekers, Idea Makers, Quake Chasers, Animal Allies, High Flyers, Film Makers, Problem Solvers, Food Stars, Music Mavens and Climate Champions by Ann McCallum Staats

She Changed Comics: The Untold Story of Women Who Changed Free Expression in Comics by Betsy Gomez, presented by The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women by Marianne Monson

We are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai

Extraordinary Mothers and Daughters: Stories of Ambition, Resilience and Unstoppable Love by Emily Friedenrich

Girls Who Green the World and Girls Who Run the World by Diane Knapp

Unsung Heroines of the Holocaust by Sarah Silberstein Swartz

Jane Against The World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights by Karen Blumenthal

Nonfiction for Kids

Grandes Dreamers by Argelia Atilano and Anna Alvarado

Native Women Changing Their Worlds by Patricia Cutright

In the Line of Fire: Eight Women War Spies by George Sullivan

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli

Women in Science, Women in Sports, and Women in Arts by Rachel Ignotofsky

Anathology of Amazing Women by Sandra Lawrence

Bad Girls by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple

Rad Women Worldwide, Rad Women A-Z, and Rad Girls Can by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klien Stahl

Girl Squad, and Wonder Women by Sam Maggs

The Girl Who Rode a Shark: And Other Stories of Daring Women by Aisla Ross

The Book of Awesome Women by Becca Anderson

America’s First Ladies by Kathleen Krull

Women of the Pine Tree State by Andrea Murphy

Anathologies

Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices by Masuma Ahuja
Because I was a Girl edited by Melissa de la Cruz

Black Girls Rock edited by Beverly Bond

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America edited by Amy Reed

Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope and Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama Adminstration

#NotYourPrincess edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale

Imagining Ourselves edited by Paula Goldman

You Too edited by Janet Gurtler

Academics

Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained by Maya Rodale

Good Girls and Wicked Witches: Women in Disney’s Feature Animation by Amy Davis

Reproductive Justice by Dr. Loretta Ross

Comics

Femme Magnifique by various

Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu 

Amazons, Abolitionists and Activists by Mikki Kendall and A. D’Amico

Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised their Voices and Changed the World from Kazoo Magazine

YA Fiction

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Shut In by Kody Keplinger

Does My Body Offend You by Cuevas Mayra and Marie Marquardt

Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagen

Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer

Tyranny of Petticoats and The Radical Element by various

One response to “Books for Women’s History Month”

  1. What a thoughtfully curated list for Women’s History Month! I appreciate how you highlighted not just well-known figures but also voices that deserve more recognition. Your commentary adds meaningful context and makes each recommendation feel personal and impactful. This is a great resource for anyone wanting to celebrate women’s contributions through literature.

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