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	America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins America's Women tells the story of more than four centuries of history. It features a stunning array of personalities, from the women peering worriedly over the side of the Mayflower to feminists having a grand old time protesting beauty pageants and bridal fairs.
	First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli Americans continue to debate the job of First Lady. How much power does the position actually hold? How publicly should that power be wielded? First Ladies tells the story of this curious institution and the evolution of these women's role from ceremonial backdrop to substantive world figure.
	Behold, Our Works Were Good: A Handbook of Arkansas Women's History
	Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America by Sara M. Evans
	Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present by LIsa Grunwald Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women's correspondences - often their only form of public expression.
	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts Founding Mothers, an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families -- and their country -- proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it.
	What Every American Should Know about Women's History: 200 Events That Shaped Our Destiny by Christine Lunardini The 200 key events featured in this book extend from colonial times to our own century and covers such issues as social reform, work, family life, and the struggle for equal rights.
	Having our say : the Delany sisters' first 100 years by Sarah Louise Delany Two extraordinary women tell their stories of a century of American history, and of family love and living forever.
	The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom by Sarah Louise Delany Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany, now 105 and 103 years old, took the reading public by storm with their surprise bestseller, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. Since then, people all over the world have been writing and asking them questions.
	The Fair Women by Jeanne, Madeline Weimann The story of the woman's building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893
	First ladies quotation book : a compendium of provocative, tender, witty, and important words from the presidents' wives by William O. Foss
	First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents by Bonnie Angelo First Mothers is an in-depth look at the special mother-son relationships that nurtured and helped propel the last twelve American presidents to the pinnacle of power.
	Frontier women by William Fowler An authentic history of the heroism, adventures, privations, captivities, trials, and noble lives and deaths of the "Pioneer mothers of our American frontier"
	Hearts West: True Stories of Mail Order Brides on the Frontier by Chris Enss Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry good men and live happily ever after; still others found themselves in desperate situations that robbed them of their youth and sometimes their lives.
	The Mercury 13: the Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Spce Flight by Martha Ackmann In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America's first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys' club at NASA and on Capitol Hill.
	We Are Our Mothers' Daughters by Cokie Roberts 'We Are Our Mothers' Daughters celebrates the diversity of choices and perspectives available to the women of today, but ultimately affirms a bond of female solidarity -- a vital, powerful interconnection among all women, whatever their background.
	Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull by Barbara Goldsmith A stunning combination of history and biography that interweaves the stories of some of the most important social, political, and religious figures of America's Victorian era with the courageous and notorious life of Victoria Woodhull, to tell the story of her astonishing rise and fall and rise again.
	The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways our American Brontes. The story of these remarkable sisters - and their central role in shaping the thinking of their day - has never before been fully told.
	Home on the range : a culinary history of the American West by Cathy Luchetti A chronicle of the roots of American frontier cooking- in anecdotes, pioneer writing, and vintage photographs. 145 halftones throughout.
	Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley "I just wanted to be free like everybody else". Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress in 1955 Alabama, had no idea she was changing history when she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus.
	Shoulder to Shoulder by Mackenzie Midge A documentary of the women's suffrage.
	Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A National Guide to Women's Landmarks by Jurate Kazickas A witty and informative illustrated guide to over 1000 historic landmarks commemorating the words and deeds of American heroines from Anne Hutchinson to Christa McAuliffe.
	Women together : a history in documents of the women's movement in the United States by Judith Papachristou
	Womenfolks: Growing up down South by Shirley Abbott In a rich blend of memoir and meditation, Abbott focuses her graceful and witty attention on mothers and daughters of the South. Theirs is a world of red dirt and backbreaking chores and roof-raising revival meeting--a far cry from the magnolias and mint juleps of Gone with the Wind.
	A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft The first great manifesto of women's rights which argued for the education of women, by influential feminist.
	The Women's Sports Encyclopedia by Robert J. Markel A reference for general audiences. For each of 31 sports, provides a history, biographies of prominent past and present athletes, and records of major competitions.
	The women of the West Time-Life Books Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West.
	The Feminine Eye: Science Fiction and the Women Who Write It by Stephanie Spinner
	The Paradox of Change: American Women in the 20th Century by William H. Chafe The Paradox of Change is a wide-ranging history of 20th-century women, thoroughly researched and incisively argued. Anyone who wants to learn more about how women have shaped, and been shaped by, modern America will have to read this book.
	Daisy Bates: A Civil Rights Crusader by Amy Polakow A biography of the Civil Rights Activist Who Led the Fight to Integrate Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas During the 1950s
	Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music by Mary A. Bufwack
	Confederate Women of Arkansas in the Civil War

Books for Kids
	Madeleine Albright by Kerry Acker In 1997, Madeleine Korbel Albright made history when she became the highest-ranking female government official in U.S. history, an extraordinary achievement made all the more remarkable given that she arrived in the United States as an eleven-year-old refugee.
	Maya Angelou by Miles Shapiro Discusses the life and work of the noted black writer.
	Hillary Rodham Clinton by Heather Lehr Wagner Intelligent, hard working, and outspoken, Clinton holds some controversial views that have won her many admirers as well as many critics. This profile follows the life and career of one of the country's best-known political figures.
	Laura Welch Bush, First Lady by Tanya Lee Stone Our new first lady, Laura Bush, enters the White House after years of personal and political activism. As first lady of Texas, she has worked to promote one of her primary interests -- education. Her background as a teacher and librarian and her lifelong passion for reading have been the motivating forces behind her education advocacy -- sure to be a major focus of her work as first lady of the United States.
	Eleanor Roosevelt: a Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman
	Condoleezza Rice by Gloria Blakely A biography of the professor, author, and businesswoman who became National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
	I Am Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
	Rosa Parks, My Story by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins
	Sojourner Truth, Fearless Crusader by Helen S. Peterson
	Clara Barton by Jill C. Wheeler Examines the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
	Created Equal: Women Campaign for the Right to Vote by Ann Rossi A brief history of American women's fight for voting rights.
	Amelia to Zora Chen-Lee, Cynthia Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World
	Amelia Earhart by Randolph, Blythe The life and career of the famous aviator, from her girlhood in Kansas, through her successes breaking aviation records and her increasing fame, to her mysterious disappearance.
	Anne Morrow Lindbergh : Pilot and Poet by Roxane Chadwick A biography of the poet, essayist, and pilot who flew with her husband, Charles A. Lindbergh around the world chartering new routes for airlines.
	Christa MacAuliffe: a Space Biography by Laura S. Jeffrey A biography of the school teacher turned astronaut whose life was tragically ended when the space shuttle Challenger exploded just after liftoff.
	Sally Ride: the First American Woman in Space by Tamara Orr A biography of Sally Ride, discussing her early years, education, and career as one of the first women accepted in America's space program.
	Women in America's Wars by Silvia Anne Sheafer A collection of ten biographies of women who have served in the military when America was at war, including Molly Pitcher, Sarah Emma Edmonds, and Megan Jans
	Founding mothers : women in America in the Revolutionary Era by Linda Grant Describes the daily lives, social roles, and contribultions of women living during the revolutionary period.
	Juliette Gordon Low : founder of the Girl Scouts of America by Deborah Kent Provides a brief introduction to Juliette Gordon Low, her accomplishments, and her impact on American history.
	The Young Oxford History of Women in America by Ann Rossi
	Mother Teresa by Joan Graff Clucas A biography of the founder of the Missionary Sisters and Brothers of Charity, known for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
	Elizbeth I by Catherine Bush
	Catherine the Great by Leslie McGuire
	Cleopatra by Dorothy Hoobler A biography of the Egyptian queen who gained and maintained power over her kingdom through her alliance with Julius Caesar and later Marc Antony.
	Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.
	Belles of the Ballpark by Diana Helmer Describes the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.
	Triumph of the imagination : the story of writer J.K. Rowling by Lisa A. Chippendale The author of the wildly popular Harry Potter books was once an impoverished single mother.
	Jennifer Capriati: Tennis Sensation by Margaret J. Goldstein Traces the life of the young woman who entered professional tennis at age thirteen and won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics.
	Lisa Leslie : slam dunk queen by Jeff Savage
	Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Sacagawea to Sheryl Swoopes by Amelie Welden Tells the story of thirty-three girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments.
	Created Equal: Women Campaign for the Right to Vote by Adam Woog Profiles the life and work of Lucille Ball, discussing her youth, movies, television, romances, marriage, divorce, achievements as a businesswoman, and legacy.
	Katharine Hepburn by Caroline Latham An illustrated biography of the well-known actress of stage and screen.
	Helen Keller : out of a dark and silent world by Sandra H. Shichtmann A biography of the deaf and blind woman who overcame her limitations to become a speaker, writer, and advocate for people with disabilities.
	Joan of Arc by Angela Bull A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.
	Anne Frank : hope in the shadows of the Holocaust by Hermann Spring Anne Frank was an ordinary teenage girl. She liked movie stars, spending time with her friends, and talking with boys. Her ordinary life disappeared as the Holocaust, one of the most horrifying events in world history, began to take shape.
	Anne Frank by Yona Zeldis McDonough Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.
	Pocahontas: True Princess by Mari D. Hanes Written for children ages 8-12, this well-researched book tells the exciting story of Chief Powhatan's brave daughter - & the amazing adventures that led her to her heavenly Father.
	Buffalo Gals by Brandon Marie Miller Supports the national curriculum standards Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; People, Places, and Environments; Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; and Production, Distribution, and Consumption as outlined by the National Council for the Social Studies.
	Annie Oakley by Jan Gleiter The life of the frontier woman who was famous for her skills as a sharpshooter which she demonstrated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other shows of the time.
	Pioneers by Leonard J. Matthews Examines the reasons for the westward migration of the nineteenth century and chronicles the experiences of the men and women who traveled to the vast western areas of North America and established farms, ranches, towns and cities.
	A multicultural portrait of colonial life by Carolyn Kott Washburne Describes colonial history from the point of minorities and women.
	A Multicultural Portrait of the Civil War by Carol Ann Piggins Portrays the Civil War from the vantage point of Afro-Americans and women.
	A Multicultural Portrait of the Civil War by Carol Ann Piggins Portrays the Civil War from the vantage point of Afro-Americans and women.
	Medieval Woman by Eileen E. Power A vivid account of the everyday life of the lady, the townswoman, the peasant & the nun in the Middle Ages. Heavily illustrated with drawings from contemporary manuscripts & works of art.

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	National Women's History Project Women of the West Museum History Channel Profiles National Women's History Museum Colorado Women's Hall of Fame Ideas for Teachers	Rosie the Riveter Women's History Month for Kids More Women's History for Kids Women in the Armed Forces "Votes for Women" Exhibit

History
National Women’s History Month grew out of an effort to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of women in American History. In 1978, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a “Women’s History Week.” Later in 1987, at the request of museums, libraries, and educators across the country, the National Women’s History Project petitioned Congress to expand the celebration to the entire month of March. A National Women’s History Month Congressional Resolution was quickly passed with strong support in both the House and the Senate.

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