This picture book biography introduces the extraordinary Ida B. Wells. Long before boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides, Ida B. Wells was hard at work to better the lives of African Americans. An activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching, she used fierce determination and the power of the pen to educate the world about the unequal treatment of blacks in the United...
Celebrate International Women's Day with the kids in your life by reading books about women and girls who have changed the world and paved the way for future generations. Here are 18 books featuring fierce females from the past to the present.