Women's History Month for Kids

Picture books and juvenile nonfiction books about women and Women's History Month.
 

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1. Coretta Scott King

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Krull, Kathleen
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Athens Drive Community - Childrens Biography
JB KING
Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB KING
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Biography
JB KING
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Presents the life and achievements of Coretta Scott King, discussing her vital role in the Civil Rights Movement, her awareness campaigns and her efforts to continue the work of her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. The girl from the tar paper school: Barbara Rose Johns and the advent of the civil rights movement

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Kanefield, Teri, 1960-
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Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB POWEL
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Biography
JB POWEL
Green Road Community - Childrens Biography
JB POWEL
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Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.

3. She stood for freedom: the untold story of a civil rights hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

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Mulholland, Loki
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JB MULHOLLAND
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Biography
JB MULHOLLAND
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Biography
JB MULHOLLAND
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Biography of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland follows her from her childhood in 1950s Virginia through her high school and college years, when she joined the Civil Rights Movement, attending demonstrations and sit-ins. She also participated in the Freedom Ridesof 1961 and was arrested and imprisoned. Her life has been spent standing up for human rights.

4. Voice of freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement

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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
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Cary Regional - Childrens Biography
JB HAMER
East Regional - Childrens Biography
JB HAMER
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JB HAMER
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Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.

5. The youngest marcher: the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist

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Levinson, Cynthia
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J323.092 LEVIN
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J323.092 LEVIN
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J323.092 LEVIN
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Presents the life of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks who became the youngest known child to be arrested for picketing against Birmingham segregation practices in 1963.