Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Susan B. Anthony: The Making of America

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote

"Young women looking for inspiration will surely find it" (Booklist") in these profiles of forty-six movers and shakers who made their mark before they turned twenty.This fun and inspiring collection of influential stories provides forty-six illustrated examples of strong, independent female role models, all of whom first impacted the world as teenagers or younger.

Originally published in two volumes over a decade ago, this fully updated and expanded edition of Girls Who Rocked the World "spans a variety of achievements, interests, and backgrounds, from Harriet Tubman and Coco Chanel to S.E. Hinton and Maya Lin--each with her own incredible story of how she created life-changing opportunities for herself and the world.

Personal aspirations from today's young women are interspersed throughout the book, which also includes profiles of teenagers who are rocking the world right now--girls like Winter Vinecki, the creator of the nonprofit organization Team Winter, and Jazmin Whitley, the youngest designer to show at L.A. Fashion Week.

It's never too soon to start making a difference, and these exhilarating examples of girl power in action make for ideal motivation.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

Janelle Washington, Angela Joy, 2022

Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women

Miriam Klein Stahl, Kate Schatz, 2018

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Rebel Girls, 2021

Susan B. Anthony: The Making of America

Teri Kanefield, 2019

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America

Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, 2012

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler

Russell Freedman, 2016

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

Kadir Nelson, 2011

Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote

Susan Zimet, 2018