0 messages from the library
  • General Recommendations
  • Staff-Created List

Who Runs the World? Girls!

March is Women's History Month. Check out these diverse stories (for middle-grade readers) of brave, fierce, powerful girls and women of the past and present to inspire you throughout the year!

User from Johnson County Library

80 items

  • Born Curious

    20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists

    Freeman, Martha, 1956-
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] — J 509.252 Freeman 02/2020
  • Noisemakers

    25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World : a Graphic Collection From Kazoo

    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020 — J GRAPHIC 920.72 Noisemak 03/2020
  • Rad Women Worldwide

    Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

    Schatz, Kate
    Book, 2016Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2016] — J 920.72 Schatz 09/2016
  • Girls Can!

    Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History!

    Sebastian, Marissa,
    Book, 2020Washington, DC : National Geographic Kids, [2020] — J 305.4092 Sebastia 11/2020
  • Hidden Figures

    the Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space

    Shetterly, Margot Lee,
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Harper, [2016] — J 510.9252 LeeShett 12/2016
  • Suffragette

    the Battle for Equality

    Roberts, David, 1970-
    Book, 2019Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, 2019. — J 324.623 Roberts 10/2019
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2021. — J 324.623 Chin-Lee 08/2020
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2021. — J 940.5373 Taylor 08/2020
  • Nancy Wake

    Fearless Spy of World War II

    Gunderson, Jessica,
    Graphic Novel, 2023North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint, [2023] — J GRAPHIC BIO WAKE N. Gunderso 07/2023
  • We Are Explorers

    Extraordinary Women Who Discovered the World

    Herbert, Kari, 1970-
    Book, 2021London : Thames & Hudson, 2021. — J 910.9252 Herbert 03/2021
  • She Did It!

    21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think

    McCully, Emily Arnold,
    Book, 2018Los Angeles : Disney/Hyperion, [2018] — J 920.72 McCully 11/2018
  • Malala

    My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights

    Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — J BIO YOUSAFZA M. Yousafza 10/2018
  • Book, 2022New York : Philomel, [2022] — J BIO Yousafza M. 07/2022
  • Women in Science

    50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

    Ignotofsky, Rachel, 1989-
    Book, 2016New York : Ten Speed Press, [2016] — J 509.22 Ignotofs 09/2016
  • Book, 2022New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022. — J BIO MEITNER L. Moss 04/2022