Books for Women’s History Month

By Coll Rowe | January 30 2025 | HistorySocial Studies

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by and about extraordinary women who have shaped history and inspired change in their communities.

Women’s History – Middle School Titles

Women’s History – High School Titles

Eve (Adapted for Young Adults)
Eve (Adapted for Young Adults)
How the Female Body Shaped Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon
9780593811887
The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller is now adapted for young adults!  This is the 200-million-year story of how the female body gave rise to the human species and forever shaped life on Earth and what that means for us in the future.
$20.99 US
Feb 25, 2025
Hardcover
432 Pages
Bright Matter Books
Lovely One
Lovely One
A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson
9780593729908
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America's highest court in this inspiring, intimate memoir.
$35.00 US
Sep 03, 2024
Hardcover
432 Pages
Random House
Night Flyer
Night Flyer
Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
Tiya Miles
9780593491164
From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory reckoning with the myth and the truth behind an American everyone knows and few really understand
$30.00 US
Jun 18, 2024
Hardcover
336 Pages
Penguin Press
The Ruin of All Witches
The Ruin of All Witches
Life and Death in the New World
Malcolm Gaskill
9780593467107
A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.
$18.00 US
Aug 20, 2024
Paperback
336 Pages
Vintage
American Woman
American Woman
The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden
Katie Rogers
9780593240564
The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady’s role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative—from a White House correspondent for The New York Times
$30.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Crown
I, Rigoberta Menchú
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchú
9781804296004
A Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people” (The Times)
$29.95 US
Nov 12, 2024
Paperback
320 Pages
Verso
Everything Is Poison
Everything Is Poison
Joy McCullough
9780593855874
A Blood Water Paint-style historical YA in prose and verse from New York Times bestselling author Joy McCullough.
$19.99 US
Jan 14, 2025
Hardcover
304 Pages
Dutton Books for Young Readers
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