A collection of biographies and autobiographies about women with strong, unique characters who followed their own inclinations and dreams. More books for children are at Kids Path.
Beyoncé: Shine Your Light
Biddy Mason Speaks Up
Bridget "Biddy" Mason, an African American philanthropist, healer, and midwife who was born into slavery. When Biddy arrived in California, where slavery was technically illegal, she was kept captive by her owners and forced to work without pay. But when Biddy learned that she was going to be taken to a slave state, she launched a plan to win her freedom.
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The Black Mambas: The World's First All-woman Anti-poaching Unit
Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way Into History
Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz
The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne: Discovering the Stuff of Stars
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta Stands Strong: The Woman who Demanded Justice
The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape
The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar
Girls on the Rise
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
A picture book biography of the groundbreaking woman who helped create a programming language for computers.
Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
The High-flying, Deep-diving Adventures of Kathy Sullivan
Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights
Lights, Camera, Alice!
A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa
No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
Queen of the Falls
Grades 2-5.
Distinctive art enhances this story of an unlikely daredevil. 62-year-old widow Annie Taylor was the first person and only woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel by herself - and survive! Oddly relevant in today's reality television world.
Rebel Voices: The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
The true story of Eugenie Clark, a professor, zoologist and scientist who turned her childhood love into a lifetime of exploration and study, and helped many to see sharks as more than just frightening man-eaters. Written for early grade readers, but readers of all ages can learn from the story of the real-life ‘shark lady,’ and lots of fun shark facts along the way.
She Persisted in Science: Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference
Sisters: Venus and Serena Williams
The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Code
This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game
To the Top of the World: Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles
Sometimes, fulfilling a dream takes a really long time. Barbara Hillary, a 75-year-old cancer survivor, proved that when your world is made up of "you can" and not "you can’t," you can achieve extraordinary things.
Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson
What do You do With a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver
