Women’s History Month Week 3: Current Female Role Models

Simone Biles

WHO IS SHE? American gymnast; Olympic gold medalist.

WE RECOMMEND:
Courage to Soar
By Simone Biles
9780310759669
Retail $24.99 AKJ $17.49

Misty Copeland

WHO IS SHE? First African American woman promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre.

WE RECOMMEND:
Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina (Young Readers Edition)
By Misty Copeland
9781481479790
Retail $17.99 AKJ $12.59

A Girl Named Misty
By Kelly Starling Lyons
9781338193053
Retail $4.99 AKJ $3.49

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WHO IS SHE? Supreme Court Justice; advocate for gender equality and women’s rights.

WE RECOMMEND:
I Dissent
By Debbie Levy
9781481465595
Retail $18.99 AKJ $13.29

Temple Grandin

WHO IS SHE? Expert in animal science; spokesperson for autism.

WE RECOMMEND:
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
By Julia Finley Mosca
9781943147304
Retail $17.99 AKJ $16.19

Michelle Obama

WHO IS SHE? Former First Lady of the United States; lawyer, writer, and university administrator.

WE RECOMMEND:
Who is Michelle Obama?
By Megan Stine
9780448478630
Retail $5.99 AKJ $4.19

Gloria Steinem

WHO IS SHE? American feminist, journalist, and social political activist; founder of Ms. magazine.

WE RECOMMEND:
Gloria’s Voice: The Story of Gloria Steinem—Feminist, Activist, Leader
By Aura Lewis
9781454926665
Retail $16.95 AKJ $11.87

Sonia Sotomayor

WHO IS SHE? First Hispanic female Supreme Court Justice.

WE RECOMMEND:
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx
By Jonah Winter
9781442403031
Retail $17.99 AKJ $12.59

Malala Yousafzai

WHO IS SHE? Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.

WE RECOMMEND:
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
By Malala Yousafzai
9780316327916
Retail $10.99 AKJ $7.69

Malala’s Magic Pencil
By Malala Yousafzai
9780316319577
Retail $17.99 AKJ $12.59

Amazing Women
By Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
9781465457684
Retail $3.99
AKJ $2.79

Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Charities Started by Kids
By Melissa Sherman Pearl
9781534108288
Retail $12.79
AKJ $8.95

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
By Susan Hood
9780062699459
Retail $18.99
AKJ $13.29

Rising Above: Inspiring Women in Sports
By Gregory Zuckerman
9780399547478
Retail $17.99
AKJ $12.59

Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
By Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson
9781452112411
Retail $16.99
AKJ $11.89

Yes She Can
Compiled by Molly Dillon
9781984848451
Retail $18.99
AKJ $13.29