Nonfiction > Chapter/Middle > Women

Elizabeth Alexander
Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color 
Tracey Baptiste
Madeleine L’Engle (Who Wrote That) 
Stephenie Meyer
Sharon Creech (Who Wrote That)
Melba Pattillo Beals
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
Simone Biles
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance  
Sonia W. Black
Mae Jemison
Tonya Bolden
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM
Take-Off: American All-Girl Bands During WWII 
And Not Afraid To Dare: The Stories of Ten African-American Women
33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women’s History: From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the E.R.A. 
The Book of African American Women: 150 Crusaders, Creators, and Uplifters 
Muriel Miller Branch
Pennies to Dollars: The Story of Maggie Lena Walker 
Gwendolyn Brooks
Winnie
A’Lelia Perry Bundles
Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur
Veronica Chambers
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Tami Charles
Serena Williams—G.O.A.T: Making the Case for the Greatest of All Time
Evelyn Coleman
The Riches of Oseola McCarty
Misty Copeland
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition
Edwidge Danticat
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 
Alexis De Veaux
Don’t Explain: A Story of Billie Holiday 
Evette Dionne
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box
Shirley Graham Du Bois
The Story of Pocahontas 
The Story of Phillis Wheatley: Poetess of the Revolution 
Marti Dumas
Women in the Old West
Joel Christian Gill
Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth
Kesha Grant
Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Michelle Y. Green
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson 
Eloise Greenfield
Rosa Parks
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
Nikki Grimes
Portrait of Mary 
Tai Chi Morning 
Out of the Dark: Nikki Grimes    
Joyce Hansen
Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference 
Duchess Harris w/Deirdre R. J. Head
Barbara Jordan: Politician and Civil Rights Leader
Vashti Harrison
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History 
Philip Shaw Hart
Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman 
James Haskins
Rosa Parks: My Story 
I Am Rosa Parks 
Mabel Mercer: A Life 
Lena Horne 
Corazon Aquino: Leader of the Philippines
Katherine Dunham 
Fighting Shirley Chisholm
Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors 
Diana Ross; Star Supreme 
Toni Morrison: Magic Of Words
Winnie Mandela
Barbara Jordan 
KaaVonia Hinton
Jacqueline Woodson 
Sharon M. Draper: Embracing Literacy 
Angela Johnson: Poetic Prose 
Nadia L. Hohn
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter
Cheryl Hudson
Brave. Black. First.: 50 African American Women Who Led the Way
Garnet Nelson Jackson
Selma Burke: Artist 
Maggie Walker: Business Leader 
Rosa Parks: Hero of Our Time
Phillis Wheatley: Poet 
Synthia Saint James
I AM Edmonia Lewis and I AM Wildfire: A Monologue 
Mae Jemison
Find Where The Wind Goes: Moments From My Life 
Hannibal B. Johnson
Mama Used to Say: Wit & Wisdom from the Heart & Soul
Lynda Jones
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln 
Denise M. Jordan
Susie King Taylor: Destined to Be Free
Errol Lloyd
Treetops True Stories: This Is Me! Mel B!
Cookie Lommel
Mary Church Terrell: Speaking Out for Civil Rights 
Melina Mangal
Mildred Taylor
Rita Williams-Garcia
Virginia Hamilton
Anne Hutchinson: Religious Reformer
Patricia & Fredrick McKissack
Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry 
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? 
Joseph D. McNair
Leontyne Price (Journey to Freedom: The African American Library)
Barbara Jordan: African American Politician 
Walter Dean Myers
At Her Majesty’s Request: An African Princess in Victorian England
Marilyn Nelson
Sweethearts of Rhythm
Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color
G.Neri
Grand Theft Horse
Rosa Parks
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth
Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation
Rosa Parks: My Story
Diane Patrick
Coretta Scott King
Denise Lewis Patrick
A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks (American Girl: A Girl Named)
Lillie Patterson
Oprah Winfrey: Talk Show Host and Actress
Coretta Scott King 
Ann Petry
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Let it Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
Christine Platt 
The Story of Harriet Tubman
A.P. Porter
Jump at de Sun: The Story of Zora Neale Hurston 
Gregory Reed
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth 
Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness
Dorothy Marie Rice
The Seventeenth Child
Allison Samuels
What Would Michelle Do?: A Modern-Day Guide to Living with Substance and Style 
Ilyasah Shabazz
Growing Up X
Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition
James Otis Smith
Black Heroes of the Wild West:: A TOON Graphic
Ruth Ann Stewart
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T.  Washington 
Otha Richard Sullivan
Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors
Natasha Tarpley
Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion
Christine Taylor-Butler
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
Morrie Turner
Super Sistahs: Featuring The Accomplishments of African-American Women Past and Present 
Carole Boston Weatherford
Becoming Billie Holiday 
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Ebony Joy Wilkins
Trailblazers: Beyoncé: Queen of the Spotlight
Brenda Wilkinson
African American Women Writers