Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2019-- honoring the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict women's issues globally
Sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies
![Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/129.png)
- 544 Resources including
- 65 Videos
- 19 Book Readings
- 43 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-33 of 33 book results
![Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74682_hi.jpg)
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Honor, 2022)
41 Resources8 Awards
![Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73887_hi.jpg)
![Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1534429530.jpg)
![Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1499812515.jpg)
Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist
by Terry Catasús Jennings and Rosita Stevens-Holsey
(Winner, 2023)
26 Resources4 Awards
![Life of Service, A: The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1536222054.jpg)
A Life of Service: The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth
by Christina Soontornvat and Dow Phumiruk
(Honor, 2023)
26 Resources4 Awards
![Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/63966_hi.jpg)
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
by Bethany Hegedus and Tonya Engel
(Winner, 2020)
21 Resources5 Awards
![Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0759554951.jpg)
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee
by Julie Leung and Julie Kwon
(Winner, 2022)
21 Resources4 Awards
![Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/154156040X.jpg)
Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford
(Honor, 2023)
20 Resources3 Awards
![Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/153621129X.jpg)
Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie's Place, the Nation's First Shelter for Women
by Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov
(Winner, 2023)
20 Resources4 Awards
![Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1419750003.jpg)
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
by Elisa Boxer and Amy June Bates
(Honor, 2024)
20 Resources8 Awards
![Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/035840830X.jpg)
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
(Winner, 2021)
19 Resources3 Awards
![Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1368011055.jpg)
Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future
by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, and Chelsea Beck
(Honor, 2020)
18 Resources6 Awards
![Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1626728771.jpg)
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks
(Honor, 2021)
18 Resources5 Awards
![Leaf Detective, The: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1684371775.jpg)
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest
by Heather Lang and Jana Christy
(Honor, 2022)
17 Resources4 Awards
![Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/153443187X.jpg)
![Brilliant Calculator, The: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1662680066.jpg)
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America
by Jan Lower and Susan Reagan
(Winner, 2024)
15 Resources5 Awards
![She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0525516999.jpg)
She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History
by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger
(Winner, 2019)
14 Resources1 Awards
![Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0062673602.jpg)
Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York
(Winner, 2019)
13 Resources4 Awards
![Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1626721653.jpg)
Jane Against the World: Roe V. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
(Winner, 2021)
13 Resources3 Awards
![Only Woman in the Photo, The: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1481491512.jpg)
The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America
by Kathleen Krull and Alexandra Bye
(Winner, 2021)
13 Resources3 Awards
![Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1684373506.jpg)
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators
by Claudia Friddell and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Honor, 2022)
13 Resources3 Awards
![Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1426336764.jpg)
Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties
by Sue Macy
(Honor, 2021)
12 Resources3 Awards
![Bessie the Motorcycle Queen](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1338752472.jpg)
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen
by Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Charlot Kristensen
(Winner, 2023)
12 Resources1 Awards
![Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1951836391.jpg)
Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis
by Melvina Noel and Cozbi A. Cabrera
(Honor, 2024)
11 Resources4 Awards
![Proud (Young Readers Edition): Living My American Dream](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0316477001.jpg)
![Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1534440836.jpg)
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
(Winner, 2020)
10 Resources4 Awards
![Girls with Guts!: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1580897479.jpg)
Girls with Guts!: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records
by Debbie Gonzales and Rebecca Gibbon
(Honor, 2020)
10 Resources2 Awards
![Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0803730896.jpg)
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb
by Veronica Chambers and Rachelle Baker
(Honor, 2021)
10 Resources2 Awards
![Lion Queen, The: Rasila Vadher, the First Woman Guardian of the Last Asiatic Lions](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1951836847.jpg)
The Lion Queen: Rasila Vadher, the First Woman Guardian of the Last Asiatic Lions
by Rina Singh and Tara Anand
(Winner, 2024)
10 Resources2 Awards
![Women Who Built Hollywood, The: 12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1662680104.jpg)
The Women Who Built Hollywood: 12 Trailblazers in Front of and Behind the Camera
(Winner, 2024)
9 Resources4 Awards
![Taking Cover: One Girl's Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1426333676.jpg)
Taking Cover: One Girl's Story of Growing Up During the Iranian Revolution
(Honor, 2020)
6 Resources2 Awards
![I Dare! I Can! I Will!: The Day the Icelandic Women Walked Out and Inspired the World](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1951836901.jpg)
I Dare! I Can! I Will!: The Day the Icelandic Women Walked Out and Inspired the World
(Honor, 2024)
6 Resources2 Awards