READ ACROSS AMERICA

Women's History Month Edition

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Alabama – Rosa Parks – Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

Alaska – Susan Butcher – Informational YouTube Video

Arizona – Mary Colter – Informational YouTube Video

Arkansas – Raye Montague – The Girl with a Mind for Math by Julia Mosca

California – Kamala Harris – Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Giovanni

Colorado – Temple Grandin – The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Mosca

Connecticut – Laura Wheeler Waring – Beautiful Shades of Brown by Nancy Churnin

Delaware – Eleanor “Ellie” Foraker – The Spacesuit: How a Seamstress Helped Put a Man on the Moon

Florida – Betty Mae Jumper – She Sang Promise by J.G. Annino

Georgia – Juliette Gordon Low – Here Come the Girl Scouts by Shana Corey

Hawaii – Georgia O’Keeffe – Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased

Idaho – Charlotte May Pierstorff – Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell

Illinois – Michelle Obama – Michelle Obama: First Lady, Going Higher

Indiana – Margaret Hamilton – Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins

Iowa – Unknown Librarian – Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora

Kansas – Amelia Earhart – Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Kentucky – Book Women of Kentucky – That Book Woman by Heather Henson

Louisiana – Janet Collins – Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins by Michelle Meadows

Maine – Annie Carroll Moore – Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough

Maryland – Harriet Tubman – Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Massachusetts – Jackie Kennedy – When Jackie Saved Grand Central by Natasha Wing

Michigan – Marie Tharpe – Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea by Robert Burleigh

Minnesota – Marcenia Lyle – Catching the Moon by Crystal Hubbard

Mississippi – Ruby Bridges – The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

Missouri – Misty Copeland – Firebird by Misty Copeland

Montana – Mary Fields – Fearless Mary by Tami Charles

Nebraska – Ann Cole Lowe – Fancy Party Gowns by Deborah Blumenthal

Nevada – Sarah Winnemucca – Britannica Kids Article

New Hampshire – Ona Judge - Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons by Gwendolyn Hooks

New Jersey – Alice Paul – Miss Paul and the President by Dean Robbins

New Mexico – Dolores Huerta – Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren

New York – Sonia Sotomayor – Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor

North Carolina – Arizona – My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston

North Dakota – Buffalo Bird Woman – Buffalo Bird Girl by S. D. Nelson

Ohio – Maya Lin – Maya Lin: Artist Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanna Walker Harvey

Oklahoma – Mary Blair – Pocket Full of Colors by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville

Oregon – Beverly Cleary – Ask Beverly Cleary YouTube Video

Pennsylvania – Marian Anderson – When Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Rhode Island – Ida Lewis – The Bravest Woman in America book report on YouTube

South Carolina – Lucille “Ludy” Godbold – Long Armed Ludy and the First Women’s Olympics by Jean L. S. Patrick

South Dakota – Sue Hendrickson - When Sue Found Sue by Toni Buzzeo

Tennessee – Wilma Rudolph – How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull

Texas – Selena Quintanilla – Queen of Tejano Music Selena by Silvia López

Utah – Alice Kasai – YouTube Video

Vermont – Madeleine Kunin – Kiddle Article

Virginia – Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Washington – a pioneer girl – Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson

West Virginia – Katherine Johnson – Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker

Wisconsin – Laura Ingalls Wilder – Pioneer Girl by William Andersen

Wyoming – Esther Morris – When Esther Morris Headed West by Connie Nordhielm Woolridge

READ ACROSS AMERICA

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

Almost all states are linked to a read-aloud. There are a few exceptions where a story of a specific person could not be found (Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and North Carolina) or a read aloud of a book could not be located and was replaced with a web article or YouTube informational video about a famous woman from the state - including interviews and book reports (Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont). Most of the women in these books were born in the states they are linked to which is their primary connection, while others like Sue Hendrickson (South Dakota) made an important discovery or valuable contribution in that state. I hope you discover the diversity of America and the women who help shape it by exploring this map; dancers, teachers, pilots, politicians, judges, musicians, activists, adventurers, pioneers, designers, builders, and more are waiting to meet you. If the logo is next to a title, it is available in the collection on getepic.com.