Women's History Collection
March is Women's History Month. Each year, the History Department at Liberal High School celebrates with its annual "Dress Like Rosie Day". Students and Staff dress up as "Rosie" or "Brosie" the Riveter!
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About Women's History Month
Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” These proclamations celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields. - Library of Congress: https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/
Library Display 2021
These are just a few of the books in our collection.
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More In Our Collection
Biographies:
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You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
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I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Becoming by Michelle Obama
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Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
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The Factory Girls: A Kaleidoscopic Account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Christine Seifert
Graphic Novels:
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Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu
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Woman Rebel : The Margaret Sanger story by Peter Bagge (Coming Soon)
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Francesca Cavallo
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Vol. 2
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World by Elena Favilli
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-life tales of Black Girl Magic by Jestine Ware, Diana Odero, et al.
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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
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Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky
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Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels by Linda Skeers (Coming Soon)
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Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed The World by Ann Shen
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Legendary Ladies: 50 Goddesses To Empower And Inspire You by Ann Shen (Coming Soon)
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What Would She Do? 25 True Stories of Trailblazing Rebel Women by Kay Woodward
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Femme Magnifique: A Comic book Anthology Salute to 50 Magnificent Women form Pop, Politics, Art & Science by Shelly Bond, Kristy Miller and Brian Miller (Coming Soon)
Women in War:
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Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman
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Babes In Arms: Women in the Comics During World War Two by Trina Robbins
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Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood
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A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz by Dita Kraus
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Women on the US Homefront by Kari A. Cornell
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Kio Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service by Connie Goldsmith
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Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors, and More by Kathryn J. Atwood
Feminist Trailblazers:
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The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich (Coming Soon)
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A Little F’d Up: Why Feminism is Not a Dirty Word by Julie Zeilinger (Coming Soon)
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Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life by Winifred Conkling
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History vs Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know by Anita Sarkeesian (Coming Soon)
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Milestones: Chronology of American Women’s History, by Doris Weatherford
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Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling
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The Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers, Freedom Fighters, Sheroes and Female Firsts by Becca Anderson (Coming Soon)
Women in Science:
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Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Sally Ride : a photo biography of America's pioneering woman in space by Tam E. O’Shaughnessy (Coming Soon)
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien
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The Radium Girls (The Dark Story of America's Shining Women) by Kate Moore
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler (Coming Soon)
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Extraordinary Women of Medicine by Darlene R. Stille
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Girl Code: Gaming Going Viral and Getting it Done by Andrea Gonzales
Women in Sports:
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Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team that Barnstormed its way to Basketball Glory by Lydia Reeder
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman
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History of Basketball for Girls and Women from Bloomers to Big Leagues by Joanne Lannin
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Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey by Ila Jane Borders
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Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big and Believe in Yourself by Jennie Finch
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The US Women’s Soccor Team: An American Success Story by Clemente Angelo Lisi
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Champions of Women’s Soccer by Illugi Jokulsson
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Level the Playing Field: The Past, Present and Future of Women’s Pro Sports by Kristina Rutherford
Latina/Spanish Titles:
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Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memior by Margarita Engle
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Someone Like You: Alguien Como Yo by Julissa August
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My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor (Coming Soon)
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From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front by Elizabeth R. Escobedo (Coming Soon)
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500 Years of Chicana Women's History/500 Años de la Mujer Chicana by Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez (Coming Soon)
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Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist by Celia Stahr (Coming Soon)
Websites for Further Research:
Library of Congress - Women's History Collection:
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National Archives - Women's History:
https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/womens-history.html
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National Women's History Museum: