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Beyond Suffrage: A Century of Northern Utah Women Making History

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We know we could never tell the stories of every single woman in Northern Utah, we would love your help on adding to the history. Fill out this form and tell us about the women who know who have strengthened, shaped and served their communities.

Reading List

Children's Books

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A Is for Awesome!: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World by Eva Chen

Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stoneys

Imagine you were there... Winning the Vote for Women by Caryn Jenner

What Is the Women's Rights Movement? By Deborah Hopkinson

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton

The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Biography Book for New Readers by Susan Katz

She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think by Emily Arnold McCully

She the People: A Graphic History of Uprisings, Breakdowns, Setbacks, Revolts, and Enduring Hope on

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our F

Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote by Dean Robbins

Little Feminist Picture Book by Yelena Moroz Alpert

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World by Katherine Halligan

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli

Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote By Veronica Ch

Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand

A Black Woman Did That by Malaika Adero

Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas who made U.S. History by Naibe Reynoso

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

A Is for Awesome!: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World by Eva Chen

Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stoneys

Imagine you were there... Winning the Vote for Women by Caryn Jenner

What Is the Women's Rights Movement? By Deborah Hopkinson

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton

The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Biography Book for New Readers by Susan Katz

She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think by Emily Arnold McCully

She the People: A Graphic History of Uprisings, Breakdowns, Setbacks, Revolts, and Enduring Hope on

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our F

Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote by Dean Robbins

Little Feminist Picture Book by Yelena Moroz Alpert

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World by Katherine Halligan

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli

Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote By Veronica Ch

Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand

A Black Woman Did That by Malaika Adero

Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas who made U.S. History by Naibe Reynoso

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

Young Adult Books

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Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Fearless Women: Courageous Females who Refused to be Denied by Toby Reynolds

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Women Heroes of World War II: 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn A

Women Heroes of World War I by Kathryn Atwood

Wonder Women of History by Laurie Halse Anderson

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling

Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Susan Ware

Vote!: Women's Fight for Access to the Ballot Box by Coral Celeste Frazer

Unsung Heroes: Women of the Civil Rights Movement by Jennifer Lombardo

Strong Women: 15 Biographies of Influential Women History Overlooked by Kari Koeppel

Seen by Edmonia Lewis

Rad American History A-Z: Movements and Moments That Demonstrate the Power of the People by Kate Sch

Pulp by Robin Talley

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights by Karen Blumenthal

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy

History vs Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know by Anita Sakeesian

Hidden No More: African American Women in STEM Careers by Caroline Kennon

Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II b

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Fearless Women: Courageous Females who Refused to be Denied by Toby Reynolds

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Women Heroes of World War II: 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn A

Women Heroes of World War I by Kathryn Atwood

Wonder Women of History by Laurie Halse Anderson

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling

Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Susan Ware

Vote!: Women's Fight for Access to the Ballot Box by Coral Celeste Frazer

Unsung Heroes: Women of the Civil Rights Movement by Jennifer Lombardo

Strong Women: 15 Biographies of Influential Women History Overlooked by Kari Koeppel

Seen by Edmonia Lewis

Rad American History A-Z: Movements and Moments That Demonstrate the Power of the People by Kate Sch

Pulp by Robin Talley

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights by Karen Blumenthal

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy

History vs Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know by Anita Sakeesian

Hidden No More: African American Women in STEM Careers by Caroline Kennon

Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II b

Adult Books

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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss

We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment by Julie Suk

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Utah Women: Pioneers, Poets & Politicians by Emily Brooksby Wheeler

Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon By Quin

Worth Their Salt Too: More Notable But Often Unnoted Women of Utah by Colleen Whitley

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Women by Christy Karras

Pedestals and Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, and Equal Rights by Martha Bradley-Evans

The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer by Caitlin Murray

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulric

The Latter Days: A Memoir by Judith Freeman

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 By Laurel

Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is Now by Jessica Neuwirth

Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind A World War II Fence by Lilly Yuriko Nakai Havey

A Faded Legacy: Amy Brown Lyman and Mormon Women's Activism, 1872 - 1959 by Dave Hall

Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics

Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History by Vron Ware

America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins

100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women's Political Activism by Holly McCammon

Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment by Deborah

500 Years of Chicana Women's History/500 Años de la Mujer Chicana by Elizabeth Martinez

The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss

We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment by Julie Suk

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Utah Women: Pioneers, Poets & Politicians by Emily Brooksby Wheeler

Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon By Quin

Worth Their Salt Too: More Notable But Often Unnoted Women of Utah by Colleen Whitley

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Women by Christy Karras

Pedestals and Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority, and Equal Rights by Martha Bradley-Evans

The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer by Caitlin Murray

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulric

The Latter Days: A Memoir by Judith Freeman

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 By Laurel

Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is Now by Jessica Neuwirth

Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind A World War II Fence by Lilly Yuriko Nakai Havey

A Faded Legacy: Amy Brown Lyman and Mormon Women's Activism, 1872 - 1959 by Dave Hall

Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics

Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History by Vron Ware

America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins

100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women's Political Activism by Holly McCammon

Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment by Deborah

500 Years of Chicana Women's History/500 Años de la Mujer Chicana by Elizabeth Martinez

Podcasts

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The History Chicks

What’s Her Name

This is Her Place Podcast

The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

Ordinary Equality

Notorious Women

HERstory on the rocks

The Profess-Hers

Deviant Women

Encyclopedia Womannica

The History Chicks

What’s Her Name

This is Her Place Podcast

The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

Ordinary Equality

Notorious Women

HERstory on the rocks

The Profess-Hers

Deviant Women

Encyclopedia Womannica

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