March is Women’s History Month. This is the 30th anniversary of the observance that honors women’s contributions to society, history, and culture.
Celebrate the role of women in American society with these books by and about women. Recommended by our staff, all are available in our catalog.
Children’s Nonfiction
- Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
- The Book Of Heroines: Tales Of History’s Gutsiest Gals by Stephanie Warren Drimmer
- Hillary Clinton: American Woman Of The World by Cheryl Harness
- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World by Malala Yousafzai, Young Reader’s Edition
- Rad Women Worldwide: Artists And Athletes, Pirates And Punks, And Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz
- Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
Young Adult Nonfiction
- Being Jazz: My Life As A (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
Adult Nonfiction
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- I’m Not Just A Person by Tig Notaro
- In The Company Of Women: Inspiration and Advice from 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- The Little Spark: 30 Ways To Ignite Your Creativity by Carrie Bloomston
- The Meaning Of Michelle: 16 Writers On The Iconic First Lady And How Her Journey Inspires Our Own edited by Veronica Chambers
- My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
- Notorious RBG: The Life And Times Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irini Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
- Rise Of The Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles To The Moon To Mars by Nathalia Holt
- Settle For More by Megyn Kelly
- Sex Object: A Memoir by Jessica Valenti
- Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds
- We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
