Women's History Month 2010: Book Lists and Resources

Books Lists

• From Booklist: Classroom Connections: Telling Her Stories—Groundbreaking Women in History. (February 2010)
• From The Amelia Bloomer Project: 2009 Amelia Bloomer Book List (Includes links to past lists from 2002-2008)
• From Scholastic: Recommended Books for Women’s History Month
• From Scholastic: Great Stories for Women’s History Month
• From Scholastic: Books and Resources for Women’s History
• From Reading Rockets: Books by Theme—Women’s History Month
• From KidsReads: You Go, Girls!
• From the Arlington (VA) Public Library: Celebrate Women’s History Month—Books for Young Readers
• Abby (the) Librarian: Booktalks for Women’s History Month
• From Childrenslit.com: Women’s History Month—Women Inspiring Hope & Possibility
• From Childrenslit.com: Women’s History Month—Women Scientists
• From Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Review: March Is Women in History Month
• From Reading Is Fundamental: Stories of Famous Women Booklist
• From Embracing the Child: Women in History
• Books for Women’s History Month: Non-Fiction and Research Titles about Ladies Who Have Made History (Adrienne Wilson)
• From the New York Public Library: Celebrate Women’s History Month
• From Bank Street College Library: A Celebration of Women in History (Annotated List)
  
  

Other Resources

• From Scholastic: Women Who Changed History
• From Scholastic: Important Dates in U. S. Women’s History
• National Women’s History Project Biography CenterFrom Smithsonian Education: Women’s History Teaching Resources
• From the Library of Congress: Women’s History Month
• From the National Women’s History Museum: Women’s History Links
• From Reading is Fundamental: Women’s History Month Links
• From Education World: March into Women’s History Month
• From whitehouse.gov: Our First Ladies
• From TeacherVision: Women’s History—Teacher Resources
• Songs of the Suffragettes (Lyrics)
• From Middle Tennessee State University: Discovering Women’s History Online This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to Katrina Thomas's photographs of ethnic weddings from the late 20th century.
• From History.com: Women’s History Month
• From Time for Kids: Women’s History Month
  

From Wild Rose Reader

• Poetry for Women's History Month
• More Poetry for Women's History Month
• What To Do About Alice? (Book Review)
• Patience Wright: America's First Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy (Book Review)
• Julia Morgan Built a Castle (Book Review)
  
  

Two Books I Recommend for Women’s History Month

The Sky’s the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls
Written by Catherine Thimmesh
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Houghton Mifflin, 2002

Women written about in this book include:
Vera Rubin—Dark Matter
Denise Schmandt-Besserat—Origins of Writing & Counting
Donna Shirley— Manager of Mars Exploration Team that Built Sojourner Rover
Jane Goodall—Ethologist & Chimpanzee Expert
Mary Anning—Fossil Hunter & Dinosaur Expert
Sue Hendrickson—Fossil Hunter
Anna Sofaer—Discovered the Sun Dagger site in Chaco Canyon & Founder of The Solstice Project
Mary Leakey--Paleoanthropolgist

Chapter Three provides brief glimpses of inquisitive young girls who thought outside the box. The back matter of The Sky’s the Limit includes a Selected Timeline of Discoveries by Women from the 1300s to 2000 and Web site resources.

Look Inside the Book ...

Awards and Honors
2003 Minnesota Book Award for Children's Nonfiction
Smithsonian Notable Book 2002
Outstanding Science and Social Studies Trade Book for Children 2002

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
Written by Catherine Thimmesh
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Houghton Mifflin, 2000

Here’s a list of the women that Thimmesh writes about in this book:
Ruth Wakefield—Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mary Anderson—Windshield Wipers
Stephanie Kwolek—Kevlar
Patsy O. Sherman—Scotchgard
Grace Murray Hopper—Computer Compiler
Bette Nesmith Graham—Liquid Paper
Ann Moore—Snugli
Margaret E. Knight—Paper Bags
Jeanne Lee Crews—Space Bumper
Valerie L. Thomas—Illusion Transmitter

The sections about the women inventors are concise and filled with interesting information about their inventions—some of which came about by accident…like chocolate chip cookies and Scotchgard.

The book ends with the section called Girls (Even the Young Ones) Think of Everything. In this section, you can read about Becky Schroeder, a ten-year-old girl who “created a tool that enabled people to write in the dark.” The tool is called the Glo-sheet. You’ll also find out about the no-spill feeding bowl invented by eleven-year-old Alexia Abernathy.

Look Inside the Book ...

Awards and Honors
2001 IRA Children's Book Award
Children's Book of the Month Club Best Nonfiction Book 2000
Minnesota Book Award finalist
Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children 2001
Smithsonian Notable Book 2000