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Who Runs the World? - Women’s History/Feminism
Read a book about women's history or feminism.

Adult Recommendations:
Nonfiction: Wake by Rebecca Hall
Fiction: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Poetry: What Kind of Woman or I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer

Young Adult Recommendations:
Nonfiction: The Illustrated Feminist by Aura Lewis
Fiction: Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno
Poetry: Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Kids' Middle Grade Recommendations:
Nonfiction: Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
Fiction: Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit by Lilliam Rivera with Elle Power (Illustrator)
Poetry: You Don't Have to Be Everything by Diana Whitney

Children's Recommendations:
Nonfiction: Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand
Fiction: Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley

All books added
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly with Jan Smit (Translator)

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring slow-paced

384 pages | first published 2016

Goldie Vance, Vol. 1 by Hope Larson

Goldie Vance, Vol. 1

Goldie Vance #01-04

Hope Larson with Brittney Williams (Illustrator)

fiction comics graphic novel lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

112 pages | first published 2016

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

394 pages | first published 2021

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade by Ann Fessler

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade

Ann Fessler

nonfiction feminism history emotional reflective slow-paced

354 pages | first published 2006

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

Mona Chollet with Sophie R. Lewis (Translator)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

304 pages | first published 2018

Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal

Woman World

Aminder Dhaliwal

fiction comics feminism science fiction funny lighthearted fast-paced

256 pages | first published 2018

Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes

Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

Angela Garbes

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

7 hours | first published 2018

The Becoming of Badass Women: From Freedom Fighters to Female Firsts, Explore The Stories of 20 Women Who Changed History by Kimberly Miller, History Compacted

The Becoming of Badass Women: From Freedom Fighters to Female Firsts, Explore The Stories of 20 Women Who Changed History

Kimberly Miller, History Compacted

missing page info | first published 2021

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Upright Women Wanted

Sarah Gailey

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ adventurous hopeful fast-paced

176 pages | first published 2020

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

When Women Were Dragons

Kelly Barnhill

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

352 pages | first published 2022