Women’s History Month started as a week-long celebration in 1978 in Santa Rosa, California and “spread across the country as other communities initiated their own Women’s History Week celebrations.” It became a national celebration in 1980 when President Jimmy Carter issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 8th as National Women’s History Week. In 1987, Congress passed a law that designated March as Women’s History Month. Every year, the National Women’s History Alliance sets a theme for the month. This year’s theme is “Leading the Change: Women for a Sustainable Future.”
TBR Books has a great selection of books for Women’s History Month! Please see our recommendations below. If you’re interested in learning even more about Women’s History, you can check out the National Women’s History Museum, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, History.com, or the Library of Congress.
Women’s History
for Children
Foote was First!
Taylor Swift (Little Golden Book)
I am Simone Biles
I am Dolly Parton
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Women’s History
for Middle Grade Kids
Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years
Women’s History
for Adults
Local Interest
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
My Love Story
Agent Josephine
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker
Women in History
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
She Votes: How Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next
Normal Women
Unbecoming a Lady
Women and STEM
Women in Space
The Feather Detective
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Invisible Women
Women in Wartime
Reporting Under Fire
Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster
Women Heroes of the American Revolution
Women Heroes of World War II
The Art Spy
Women Heroes of the US Army
Celebrity Biographies/Memoirs
Finding My Way
Simply More
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
The Third Gilmore Girl
Cher
From Here to the Great Unknown
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
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