Biddy Mason speaks up [Fighting for justice]by White, Arisa 

BTSB Prebound(Heyday, 2019)

BTSB #: 939282 Available

Dewey: 306.3/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 7.1 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Mason, Biddy,|d1818-1891 - Women slaves Slaves African American women African American midwives Overland journeys to the Pacific Freedmen - California Frontier and pioneer life - California

Summary: The story of an African American midwife born into slavery who was taken to California, where she launched a plan to win her freedom.

Dorothy Vaughan [My Itty-Bitty Bio]by Loh-Hagan, Virginia 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2018)

BTSB #: 583996 Available

Dewey: 510.92/BAges: 5-7   
AR: 1.4 LG Lexile: 380

Genres:

Subjects: Vaughan, Dorothy,|d1910-2008 United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Biography African American women mathematicians - Biography Women mathematicians - Biography African American women

Summary: A biography of the life of NASA computer programmer and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan.

Hidden figures by Shetterly, Margot Lee 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2016)

BTSB #: 652611 Available

Dewey: 510.92/CAges: 8-12   
AR: 8.2 MG RC: 10.6 6-8 Lexile: 1120 F&P: Y

Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Biography Women mathematicians African American women African American mathematicians Space race African American - Biography Women - Biography

Summary: Interweaves a history of scientific achievement and technological innovation with the intimate stories of four women whose work forever changed the world-and whose lives show how out of one of America's most painful histories came one of its proudest moments.

Mary Jackson [My Itty-Bitty Bio]by Loh-Hagan, Virginia 

BTSB Prebound(Cherry Lake, 2018)

BTSB #: 584003 Available

Dewey: 510.92/BAges: 5-7   
AR: 1.1 LG Lexile: 310

Genres:

Subjects: Jackson, Mary,|d1921-2005 United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Biography African American women mathematicians - Biography African American women aerospace engineers - Biography Women mathematicians - Biography Women aerospace engineers - Biography African American women

Summary: A biography of the life of NASA aerospace engineer Mary Jackson.

Michelle Howard : four-star Admiral [Blastoff! readers. Level 2. Women leading the way]by Moening, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Bellwether Media, 2020)

BTSB #: 650643 Available

Dewey: 359.0092/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 2.5 LG Lexile: 580 F&P: M

Genres:

Subjects: Howard, Michelle J.,|d1960- United States.|bNavy - Women United States.|bNavy - African Americans Admirals - United States - Biography African American women

Summary: A biography of Michelle Howard, the first female four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy!

Mumbet's Declaration of Independence by Woelfle, Gretchen 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2014)

BTSB #: 959682 Available

Dewey: 306.3/BAges: 6-10   
AR: 3.4 LG RC: 3.2 K-2 Lexile: 640

Genres:

Subjects: Freeman, Elizabeth,|d1744?-1829 Women slaves Slaves African American women Slavery Massachusetts

Summary: Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.

Quilts of Gee's Bend by Rubin, Susan Goldman 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017)

BTSB #: 769566 Available

Dewey: 746.4609/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 7.6 3-5 Lexile: 970 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: African American quilts - Alabama - Wilcox County African American quiltmakers Quilts African American women

Summary: All about the African American women of Gee's Bend, Alabama, and their celebrated quilts.

Sewing stories : Harriet Powers' journey from slave to artist by Herkert, Barbara 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2015)

BTSB #: 440328 Available

Dewey: 746.4609/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.9 LG Lexile: 850 AD F&P: Q

Genres:

Subjects: Powers, Harriet,|d1837-1910 African American quiltmakers African American quilts African American women

Summary: Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. Her quilts are now priceless examples of African American folk art.

Zora! : the life of Zora Neale Hurston by Fradin, Judith Bloom 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2012)

BTSB #: 349858 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 9-12   
AR: 7.8 MG RC: 10.5 6-8 Lexile: 1110

Genres:

Subjects: Hurston, Zora Neale Hurston, Zora Neale American authors African American authors - Biography African American women Folklorists

Summary: The life and times of Zora Neale Hurston, a larger-than-life personality, controversial advocate of equal rights, and author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.