Gerda Lerner, the historian and scholar who pioneered the field of women’s history, once described how frequently girls and women’s stories have been neglected in the study of history: “In my courses, the teachers told me about a world in which ostensibly one-half the human race is doing everything significant and the other half doesn’t exist. I asked myself how this checked against my own life experience. ‘This is garbage; this is not the world in which I have lived.’”
To introduce kids to pioneering women role models who changed the world, we recommend the picture book “Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World” for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/shaking-things-up) and the illustrated biography “HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World” for ages 8 to 13 (https://www.amightygirl.com/herstory)
For adults seeking inspiration in the stories of Mighty Women from around the world, you can find many reading recommendations in our blog post, “The Mighty Women Reading List for Adults,” at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=37136
To find many books for children and teens about famous women that we fortunately now have access to thanks to the work of Dr. Lerner and other historians, visit our “History & Biography” book section at https://www.amightygirl.com/books/history-biography
And for one of our favorite women’s history-themed t-shirts, featuring Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s famous quote “Well behaved women seldom make history,” visit https://www.amightygirl.com/well-behaved-women-history-shirt
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I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!!
Have a healthy and impactful life, Peter Prichard
–Witnessing acts of kindness produces Oxytocin, which aids in lowering blood pressure and improving our overall heart-health. Oxytocin also increases our self-esteem and optimism: www.randomactsofkindness.org
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