Women’s History Month Week 2: Women in STEM
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Elizabeth Blackwell
WHO WAS SHE? First female physician.
WE RECOMMEND:
Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
By Tanya Lee Stone
9780805090482
Retail $18.99 AKJ $13.29
Rachel Carson
WHO WAS SHE? Marine biologist and conservationist.
WE RECOMMEND:
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World
By Laurie Lawlor
9780823431939
Retail $7.99 AKJ $5.59
Silent Spring
By Rachel Carson
9780618249060
Retail $15.99 AKJ $11.19
Rosalind Franklin
WHO WAS SHE? Chemist who contributed to understanding of DNA.
WE RECOMMEND:
Women in Science
By Rachel Ignotofsky
9781607749769
Retail $16.99 AKJ $11.89
Jane Goodall
WHO IS SHE? Primatologist and anthropologist.
WE RECOMMEND:
I Am Jane Goodall
By Brad Meltzer
9780525428497
Retail $14.99 AKJ $10.49
Grace Hopper
WHO WAS SHE? US Navy Rear Admiral, pioneer of computer programming.
WE RECOMMEND:
Grace Hopper Queen of Computer Code
By Laurie Wallmark
9781454920007
Retail $16.95 AKJ $11.87
Mae Jemison
WHO IS SHE? Engineer, physician and first African American woman in space.
WE RECOMMEND:
Mae Among the Stars
By Roda Ahmed
9780062651730
Retail $17.99 AKJ $12.59
Sally Ride
WHO WAS SHE? Physicist, engineer and first American woman in space.
WE RECOMMEND:
Sally Ride (My Itty Bitty Bio)
By Virginia Loh-Hagan
9781534108080
Retail $12.79 AKJ $8.95
Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
By Laurie Wallmark
9781454926917
Retail $16.95
AKJ $11.87
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
By Margot Lee Shetterly
9780062742469
Retail $17.99
AKJ $12.59
Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World
By Rachel Swaby
9780399554186
Retail $6.99
AKJ $4.89
Finding Wonders
By Jeannine Atkins
9781481465663
Retail $7.99
AKJ $5.59
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
By Emily Arnold McCully
9780374348106
Retail $17.99
AKJ $12.59
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
By Robert Burleigh
9781481416009
Retail $18.99
AKJ $13.29
READ THE ENTIRE SERIES:
WEEK 1: Influential Women in History
WEEK 3: Current Female Role Models
WEEK 4: Notable Female Authors
WEEK 5: Favorite Series Written by Women
