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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The girl with spunk The girl with spunk Judith St George When Josie loses her job due to gossip, she realizes that the woman's rights convention could help her start a new life. OL1959523W
Grace and fury Grace and fury Tracy Banghart Serina has been groomed her whole life to become a Grace--someone to stand by the heir to the throne as a shining, subjugated example of the perfect woman. But when her headstrong and rebellious youn… OL19751489W
Chasing freedom Chasing freedom Nikki Grimes In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's ri… OL19995948W
Two friends Two friends Dean Robbins This story imagines what it was like when Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass got together for a cup of tea and discussed their struggle for civil rights. OL20016191W
The Breadwinner The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, 11-year-old Parvana has rarely been outdoors. Barred from attending school, shopping at the market, or even playing in the streets of Kabul, the heroine of De… OL20639649W
44 hours or strike! 44 hours or strike! Anne Dublin The Toronto Dressmakers' Strike of 1931 brings young sisters Sophie and Rose together in their fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union. It's a tough battle as distrust … OL21806761W
Mable Riley Mable Riley Marthe Jocelyn Mable Riley dreams of having adventures and of becoming a writer. When she travels far from home to act as assistant to her sister, a schoolmistress, Mable hopes her new world will be full of peril … OL451235W
The revolt of "Mother" The revolt of "Mother" Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman After forty years of living in a cramped farmhouse, a woman reacts to the new barn her husband has built by moving the household into it while he is gone on a trip. OL507347W