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Hidden figures: young readers' edition
By Margot Shetterly. 2016
The amazing true story of four African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments…
in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. For grades 3-6. 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Best Illustration. 2016.Good night stories for rebel girls 2
By Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo. 2017
This sequel to "Good night stories for rebel girls" is packed with 100 new bedtime stories, featuring the adventures of…
extraordinary women from Nefertiti to Beyoncé. The unique narrative style transforms each biography into a fairy-tale, filling the readers with wonder and with a burning curiosity to know more about each hero. Grades 3-6. 2017.Good night stories for rebel girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women
By Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo. 2016
A children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the…
present, illustrated by 100 female artists from all over the world. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy tale. Each story has a full page, full color portrait that captures the spirit of the portrayed hero. "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" will not only be an opportunity to inspire young girls through the adventures of these unconventional women, it will also be a collection of portraits created by some of the most talented female artists of our time. Grades 3-6. 2016.Hannah Szenes: a song of light
By Maxine Schur. 1986
In 1939, Hannah Szenes left anti-semitic Hungary for a new life in Palestine. In 1943, she parachuted back into Nazi-occupied…
Yugoslavia to save the lives of other Jews. Grades 5-8. 1986.After being diagnosed with lupus at twenty-five, O'Connor spent her adult years on her mother's southern dairy farm, writing and…
raising peacocks. Many of her short stories deal with racial or religious issues. Senior High. 1994.Helen Keller: humanitarian (Great achievers)
By Lois Nicholson. 1996
Biography of Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf at nineteen months as a result of illness. Covers her birth…
in 1880 through her death in 1968. Describes her education under her private teacher Anne Sullivan, her formal schooling, and her career. Includes an introduction by Jerry Lewis. Junior and Senior High. c1996.Helen Keller (Scholastic biography)
By Margaret Davidson. 1969
This is a biography about the life of Helen Keller and how, with the commitment and lifelong friendship of Anne…
Sullivan, she learned to talk, read, and eventually graduate from college with honours. Grades P-2. 1969.Great girls: Canadian profiles of awesome athletes
By Laura Robinson, Maija Robinson. 2004
Features profiles of 17 great Canadian female athletes. Includes superstars such as hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes,…
and up-and-coming 11-year-old athlete Sekwan Trottier, who canoes, cross-country skis, and races sled dogs. Grades 4-7. 2004.Cleopatra rules!: the amazing life of the original teen queen
By Vicky Shecter. 2012
Eleanor Roosevelt: a life of discovery
By Russell Freedman. 1997
Emily Carr (The Canadians)
By Rosemary Neering. 1975
Bloom: a story of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli
By Kyo Maclear. 2018
As a little girl in Rome, fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was told by her own mamma that she was brutta.…
Ugly. So she decided to seek out beauty around her, and she looked everywhere until something inside of Elsa blossomed, and she became an artist with an incredible imagination. Defining beauty on her own creative terms, Schiaparelli worked hard to develop her designs, and eventually bloomed into an extraordinary talent who dreamed up the most wonderful dresses, hats, shoes and jewelry. Why not a shoe for a hat? Why not a dress with drawers? And she invented a color: shocking pink! Her adventurous mind was the key to her happiness and success--and is still seen today in her legacy of wild imagination. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2018.Changing the pattern: the story of Emily Stowe (Stories Of Canada Ser. #1)
By Sydell Waxman. 1996
The life of Emily Stowe, who became the first woman school principal in Canada, the first woman doctor in Canada,…
and was prominent in the struggle to obtain the vote for women in the 19th century. Grades 4-7. 1996.Contemporary women scientists (American Profiles Ser.american Profiles)
By Lisa Yount. 1994
Chinese Cinderella: the secret story of an unwanted daughter (Puffin Teenage Bks.)
By Adeline Yen Mah. 1999
The story of a Chinese woman and how she suffered appalling emotional deprivation and rejection by her family, as a…
child growing up in China and Hong Kong. She tells of the consequences in her adult life, which she rose above to make a happy marriage and become a successful doctor in the USA. For Junior High readers. 1999. Uniform title: Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughterBehind the mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I
By Jane Resh Thomas. 1998
Discusses Elizabeth from her birth in 1533 to her death in 1603 within the social and political context of the…
time in which she ruled. The author looks at the personal aspects of the queen's life, including why she never married. For junior high readers. 1998.Babe Didrikson Zaharias: the making of a champion
By Russell Freedman. 1999
Biography of the "greatest woman athlete of all time," who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports…
in an era when there were few opportunities for female players. Discusses her childhood and her career after winning three medals in the 1932 Olympics. Grades 5-8. c1999.Amelia lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart
By Candace Fleming. 2011
Biography of pilot Amelia Earhart offers an account of her attempt to circumnavigate the globe - a journey that ended…
when she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in July 1937. Discusses Earhart’s adventurous nature, the difficulties of long-distance flight, and the lack of navigational equipment aboard her plane. For grades 4-7. 2011.Ada's ideas: the story of Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer
By Fiona Robinson. 2016
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated…
when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byron's mad love of poetry. But Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics poetical science. Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in programming his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the world's first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art. Grades 2-4. 2016.Adventurous women: eight true stories about women who made a difference
By Penny Colman. 2006
The story of eight women adventurers from history, each of whom went beyond boundaries to make a difference. Living mainly…
in the 19th century, they had to deal with societal limitations and stereotypes, but none of them let these expectations or constraints hold them back. They include Louise Boyd, arctic explorer; Juana Briones, a Hispanic landowner in early San Francisco; Alice Hamilton, a pioneer in industrial medicine; and Katharine Wormeley, nursing superintendent during the Civil War. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2006.