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.
![Book cover for The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/6f6fc39c94c4da0609b787ebbeb5894e.jpg?itok=ivazSKl0)
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor
![Book cover for Beyoncé: Shine Your Light](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2023/93711d1c0c10e30e7af90d06631e660e.jpg?itok=CJ6NFulk)
Beyoncé: Shine Your Light
![Book cover for Biddy Mason Speaks Up](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2023/108f1eeb4a16305bdfe96da173041136.jpg?itok=jwe_qOBx)
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.
![Book cover for Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/82def0a0938cb8135fb88a36d96f87c1.jpg?itok=pz6ENqi5)
Born to Swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's Life in Jazz
![Book cover for Dolores Huerta Stands Strong: The Woman who Demanded Justice](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2022/54155d1b490bbbb7b2b6400044024045.jpg?itok=DgwQc4iO)
Dolores Huerta Stands Strong: The Woman who Demanded Justice
![Book cover for The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/747f5af6812758b5ea37905300bac7e1.jpg?itok=_cMkNt-O)
The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar
![Book cover for Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/9986bd09adec406f1faa35d8d8cc80ce.jpg?itok=I5ywjpf8)
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
A picture book biography of the groundbreaking woman who helped create a programming language for computers.
![Book cover for Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/28ae3f37e64d31d535c786dfca3ffea1.jpg?itok=1OtV_Q6M)
Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer's Historic Boston Marathon
![Book cover for Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/31f6f9425815b1e4ea21c14b698e1c04.jpg?itok=ZvGETyjd)
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
![Book cover for It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/d8ab73e6f4cd4b1155640bae05df1ba0.jpg?itok=tD5NGDVV)
It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
![Book cover for A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/7e66c6caeeb41933820857ccd7abdce3.jpg?itok=FhApEDVA)
A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights
![Book cover for Lights, Camera, Alice!](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/28b6a1d635e0174c2722b454315bb6f3.jpg?itok=ProGM9br)
Lights, Camera, Alice!
![Book cover for No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/e65c32090af5bc1d7e01d3be49414908.jpg?itok=EBpifx5G)
No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
![Book cover for Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/02e58ece0ef9d61e44277f4c25eea34c.jpg?itok=svWF4Cso)
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.
![Book cover for Rebel Voices: The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/38b6891fef0d9dbefe64e82a98152274.jpg?itok=B8FyEfX_)
Rebel Voices: The Global Fight for Women's Equality and the Right to Vote
![Book cover for Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/b63165702074af2bd9022f44d0402bc4.jpg?itok=XBdOOqQI)
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.
![Book cover for Sisters: Venus and Serena Williams](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2022/35b1a065eb183ff88b283afb95e34d3d.jpg?itok=B7zp0B4z)
Sisters: Venus and Serena Williams
![Book cover for Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/6127b73b41860f0a0282c07f0c6e2354.jpg?itok=9o3KMgNt)
Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson
![Book cover for What do You do With a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/81a7e3f17db18e52cd4019355101ee10.jpg?itok=cmDoHC9y)
What do You do With a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
![Book cover for Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/9b186f3aed9a30d35c928cd123a3e0e1.jpg?itok=9UY44GL5)