{"id":18604,"date":"2022-03-25T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=18604"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:36:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:36:59","slug":"womens-history-month-high-school-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=18604","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s History Month: High School Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220325-spanish.pdf\">en espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220325-amharic.pdf\">\u12a0\u121b\u122d\u129b (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220325-arabic.pdf\">\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, ACPS librarians are recommending some of their favorite age-appropriate reads throughout March. Stories of women who have made significant contributions in our society and everyday lives should be shared beginning at an early age. These books are a part of the ACPS library system, and we encourage students and families to check out these informative and captivating books.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s History Month is a celebration of women\u2019s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in March in the U.S. since 1987. Learn more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/womenshistorymonth.gov\/\">Women\u2019s History Month website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFreedom Cannot Rest: Ella Baker and the Civil Rights Movement\u201d by Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhy She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers\u201d by Lauren Burke and Hannah K. Chapman.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBlackout\u201d by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFunny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America&#8221; by Firoozeh Dumas.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSay Her Name: Poems to Empower\u201d by Zetta Elliott.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World\u201d by Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life\u201d by Amy Butler Greenfield.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)\u201d by Mindy Kaling.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWomen in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play\u201d by Meagan Marie.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala\u201d by Rigoberta Menchu.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley\u2019s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake\u201d by Tiya Miles.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics\u201d by Dolly Parton and Robert Oermann.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u201d by Rebecca Skloot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, ACPS librarians are recommending some of their favorite age-appropriate reads throughout March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 05:39:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18604"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18638,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604\/revisions\/18638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}