A Mighty Girl’s top picks of the best new books for children and teens about incredible women from around the world.
Gerda Lerner, the historian and scholar who pioneered the field of women’s history, once said, “In my courses, the teachers told me about a world in which ostensibly one-half the human race is doing everything significant and the other half doesn’t exist.” But increasingly, we are reclaiming history, telling the stories of the girls and women whose contributions to our shared story deserve to be celebrated! As parents and educators, it’s also important that we tell these stories to all of our children, boys and girls alike, so that they live in a world where history has always been about the contributions of all of humanity.
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ve collected the best biographies that have been published in the past 12 months about remarkable, determined, trailblazing women! These books for children and teens feature a broad range of women in many different fields, from science to the arts to politics and activism, making them excellent additions to any bookshelf or school curriculum. Whether you’re sharing a picture book biography at bedtime or introducing your teen to an inspiring new hero, these books will remind them to tell women’s stories all year long!
For more books of inspiring girls and women from around the world, check out the hundreds of biographies and works of historical fiction in A Mighty Girl’s History & Biography Collection.
Source: New Mighty Girl Books for Women’s History Month 2020
