Race & Social Justice Teacher Resources: American Women's Experience

Non-Fiction
Age Range: 5 - 8
Lexile Measure: NC1170
Available in print.
"A nonfiction picture book compilation of the stories of 13 American women who persisted in overcoming obstacles and changing the world"--Provided by publisher.

Non-Fiction
Age Range: 8 - 12
Lexile Measure: 700
Available through HSPLS: print
Describes the life and accomplishments of the United States Supreme Court justice.

Non-Fiction
Age Range: 8 - 12
Lexile Measure: 800
Available in print (LS Library).
An illustrated biography of Sally Ride, describing the life of the first American woman to travel in space.

Non-Fiction
Age Range: 8+
Lexile Measure: 880
Available in print (LS Library).
"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams. Illustrated by 60 female artists from every corner of the globe, this is the most-funded original book in the history of crowd-funding" --back cover

Non-fiction
Available in print (US Library)
"An illustrated and informative primer on the progressive social change movements of the last 60 years as told through the stories of 60 diverse female and non-binary leaders in those movements, from the Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall riots through today"-- from the publisher.

Non-Fiction
Available in print.
"An examination of the private, public, legal, and philosophical life of one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time. De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, her meticulous jurisprudence: her desire to make We the People more united and our union more perfect. At the heart of her story we see the influence of her Jewish background; the influence of her mother, Celia Amster Bader, whose intellect inspired her daughter's feminism; her husband, Marty Ginsburg, and his battle with cancer; her years with the ACLU Women's Rights Project, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and her crucial years on the Supreme Court." -- adapted from publisher info

Non-Fiction
Available in print.
Presents a collection of essays on the history of women's rights from the colonial period up to the present, covering such topics as education, financial independence, race, reproductive rights, suffrage, and the rise of feminism.

Non-fiction
Available in print (US Library)
"In the spring of 2012, the Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the genes of babies." - from the publisher

Non-Fiction
Available in print (US Library)
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.