In Honor of Women’s History Month, Spokane Public Library has created the following booklist of recently published titles in our collection. It spotlights the stories of various women throughout history, here in our country and farther afield, Black, South Korean, Transgender, Muslim, Palestinian, and more. The stories shared here—difficult and triumphant both—are just a few of the many vibrant cells existing in the ever-expanding body of women’s history. Keep uplifting women’s stories—the more stories that are celebrated, the healthier our collective selfhood becomes.
Women deserve a voice. They deserve autonomy. They deserve self-actualization. They deserve to define themselves rather than be defined by the powers that be.
To learn more about Women’s History Month, visit womenshistorymonth.gov. If you’re thinking about a woman who has made a profound impact on your life, check out this NPR call for submissions.
Kids
Ida B Wells Marches for the Vote by Dinah Johnson, illustrated by Jerry Jordan
Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good, written by NoNiega Ramos, illustrated by Nicole Medina
The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett by Angelica Shirley Carpenter; illustrated by Helena Pérez García
Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples by Mavis Staples and Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
Adults
Combee: Harriet Tubman, The Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War by Edda L. Fields-Black
Homeseeking: A Novel by Karissa Chen
The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History by Karen Valby
Tiananmen Square: A Novel by Lai Wen
Something about Living: Poems by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World by Daisy Dunn
We Do Not Part: A Novel written by Han Kang; translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris
It Gets Better Except When It Gets Worse: Tales from the Other Side of an Inspiring True Story by Nicole Maines
A Thousand Times Before: A Novel by Asha Thanki
Junie: A Novel by Erin Crosby Eckstine
The Glassmaker: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier
Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi and others
