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Featured
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River Falls Public Library
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Women's History Month
Younger Fiction
- You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer: a Very
Improper Story
by Shana Corey
Scolastic Press, 2000
E Cor
Amelia Bloomer, who does not behave the way nineteenth-century society
tells her a proper lady should, introduces pantaloons to American Women
to save them from discomfort of their heavy, tight dresses.
- Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow Books, 1996
E Hen
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he
asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does
something for which she is very sorry later.
- Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman
Dial Books for Young Readers
E Hof
Although classmates say she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play
because she is black and a girl, Grace discovers that she can do
anything she sets her mind to do.
Older Fiction
- Catherine Called Birdy
by Karen Cushman
Clarion Books, 1994
YA Cus
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a
journal in which she records the events of her life, particularily her
longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to
avoid being married off.
- Girls to the Rescue: Tales of Clever, Courageous
Girls from Around the World, Books 1,2,3,4,
Meadowbrook Press
+ Gir and + PB Gir
Each book contains a collection of 8-10 short stories featuring girls as
the clever and courageous heroines.
- Shabanu
by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Random House 1989
YA PB Sta
Shabanu, the second daughter of a Pakistani family, has been allowed
freedoms most girls in Muslim families are not, but an unusual turn of
event occurs and her father is dictating that she enter an arranged
marriage. Shabanu is forced to decide whether she should listen to her
own heart, or uphold her family’s honor.
Non-Fiction
- Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride
by Marsha Amstel
Carolrhoda Books, 2000
+ 973.333 Ams
The story of Sybil Ludington’s ride on horseback to rouse American
soldiers to fight against the British who were attacking Danbury
Connecticut during the American Revolution.
- The Story of the Women’s Movement
by Maureen Ash
Children’s Press 1989
305.42 Ash
A brief history, accompanied by illustrations and sepia tone drawings,
showing how women in this country and in England struggled to gain equal
rights with men. The events in the lives of some remarkable women help
tell this story.
- Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure
by Don Brown
Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000
+ 917.3049 Bro
Alice Ramsey was a 22 year old woman when she set out to make a
cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco in an automobile in
1909. This is the story this woman faced and a unique perspective on
turn-of-the century America if offered.
- Girls: a History of Growing up Female in America
by Penny Colman
Scholastic, 2000
+ 305.23 Col
Traces the history of growing up female in American as told by girls
themselves in journals, household manuals, letters, slave narratives,
and other primary sources.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Photo-Illustrated
Biography
by Lucile Davis
Bridgestone Books, 1998
+ 921 Sta
A simple biography of the staunch supporter of women’s rights who,
after marrying and becoming an abolitionist ,helped plan the historic
Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848.
- The Girls’ Book of Wisdom
by Catherine Dee
Little Brown and Co.
+ 305.4 Dee
A collection of quotations from over 400 famous women including
suffragist, pioneers, politicians, moms, musicians, athletes and actors
grouped in such categories as "Friendship",
"Confidence", and "Creativity".
- Brave new Girls: Creative ideas to help Girls be
Confident, Healthy and Happy
by Jeanette Gadenberg
Fairview Press, 1997
+ 647.7
A straight talking hands-on guide to help girls deal with the problems
of growing up. Gadeberg is able to cut to the chase and discuss what’s
on girls’ minds, while providing creative advice, thought-provoking
examples and fun exercises.
- Joan of Arc the Lily Maid
by Margaret Hodges
Holiday House 1999
+ 921 Joa
Beautifully illustrated biography of the 15th century peasant
girls who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed
the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for
witchcraft.
- More help! Another Absolutely Indispensable Guide to
Life for Girls
by Nancy Holyoke
Pleasant Company, 1996
+ 070.4 Hol
"Real" letters written by "real" girls to
"American Girl" magazine by girls who ask about
"real" everyday problems encountered in "real" life.
- 19th Century Girls and Women
by Bobbie Kalman
Crabtree Pub. 1997
+ 305.4097 Kal
Describes various aspects of the lives of women and girls during the
nineteenth century, including their lack of educational opportunities,
uncomfortable clothing, hobbies, courtship , marriage and limited
employment opportunities.
- Women of the West
by A.I. Lake
Rourke, 1990
+ 978 Lak
Describes the work and life of the early women homesteaders and presents
biographies of several well known ones such as Annie Oakley, Sacajawea,
Carrie Nation and Calamity Jane.
- Amelia Bloomer: a Photo-Illustrated Biography
by Mary J. Lickteig
Bridgestone Press
+ 921 Blo
A very simple biography of the temperance leader and women’s rights
advocate who spent her life trying to improve social conditions for
women.
- Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of
Myth,Legend and Tall Tale
by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Philomel Books, 1993
+ 398.2108 Sou
A collection of twenty stories about legendary American Women, drawing
form folktales, popular stories and ballads. Included are the Star
Maiden, Molly Cottontail, Annie Christmas, Sal Fink, Sweet Betsy from
Pike, and Sister Fox and Brother Coyote.
- New Moon Friendship: How to Make, Keep, and Grown
Your Friendships
from the New Moom Magazine Editorial board
Crown Publisher
+ 158.25 New
Discusses friendships and how they affect our lives. Includes practical
advice, activities and suggestions for meeting people. Also includes
stories and poems.
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