Tu Youyou's Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria (She Made History)

This lyrical story imagines the creation of the quilt from the perspective of Ellen Harding Baker's daughters, who, like their mother, lived in a time when girls and women were expected to limit their pursuit of knowledge, and who may have been inspired to dream bigger and look farther.

When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn’t give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina.

Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today.

For years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak up for them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades

These biographies examine 15 extraordinary women who have appeared on coins or bills―and how they got there. Each inspiring story also digs deeper into different currencies and the customs of the time period.

In Eliza Davis's day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. So she wrote a letter to Charles Dickens. What happened next is history.

Narrated by a grandmother who remembered what happened on that election day, this is the true story of a woman who stood up for her right to vote and accomplished so much more.