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- Oprah Winfrey, businesswoman and actress, Kathy Furgang
- Mother to tigers, George Ella Lyon ; illustrations by Peter Catalanotto
- Women who dared, to break all the rules, Jeremy Scott
- Florence Nightingale, David and Patricia Armentrout
- Clara Barton, Stephen Krensky
- The fabulous Fannie Farmer, kitchen scientist and America's cook, Emma Bland Smith ; pictures by Susan Reagan
- The Wright sister, Katherine Wright and her famous brothers, Richard Maurer
- Who was Susan B. Anthony?, by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by Mike Lacey
- Freedom train, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Dorothy Sterling
- Ada Lovelace, by Nancy F. Castaldo ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- The road to Seneca Falls, a story about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, by Gwenyth Swain ; illustrations by Mary O'Keefe Young
- Icons, 50 heroines who shaped contemporary culture, illustrated by Monica Ahanonu ; written by Micaela Heekin
- Gwendolyn Brooks, "poetry is life distilled", Christine M. Hill
- Princess of the press, the story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Angela Shelf Medearis
- Breaking the ice, written by Angie Bullaro ; illustrated by C.F. Payne ; with an afterword by Manon Rhéaume
- Carli Lloyd, soccer star, by Heather E. Schwartz
- Alice Waters cooks up a food revolution, written by Diane Stanley ; illustrated by Jessie Hartland
- Sacagawea, by Lise Erdrich
- Someday is now, Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City sit-ins, written by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich ; illustrated by Jade Johnson
- Close-up on war, the story of pioneering photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam, Mary Cronk Farrell
- Talkin' about Bessie, the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman, by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Malala, activist for girls' education, Raphaële Frier ; illustrated by Aurélia Fronty ; translated by Julie Cormier
- Ten queens, portraits of women of power, Milton Meltzer ; illustrated by Bethanne Andersen
- Dolores Huerta, voice for the working poor, by Alex Van Tol
- Elizabeth Blackwell, America's first woman doctor, by Trina Robbins ; illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Anne Timmons ; colorist, Matt Webb ; editor, Martha E. H. Rustad
- Toni Morrison, Douglas Century
- Amazing women, by Caryn Jenner
- Clara Lemlich, written by Deborah Heiligman ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Hillary Clinton, the life of a leader, by Shana Corey ; illustrations by Adam Gustavson
- Mary Anning and the sea dragon, Jeannine Atkins ; pictures by Michael Dooling
- Grace of Monaco, Michael Burgan
- Naomi Osaka, Jon M. Fishman
- Legends, women who have changed the world through the eyes of great women writers, edited by John Miller ; introduction by Anjelica Huston
- Extraordinary women athletes, by Judy L Hasday
- Abigail Adams, champion for women, by Tyler Omoth
- The little book of feminist saints, Julia Pierpont ; illustrated by Manjit Thapp
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- Diana, Princess of Wales, Robin Doak
- Great women of the American Revolution, by Michael Burgan
- A storm of horses, the story of artist Rosa Bonheur, written and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson
- A genius for living, the life of Frieda Lawrence, Janet Byrne
- She Persisted, 13 American Women Who Changed the World, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- Fight on!, Mary Church Terrell's battle for integration, Dennis Brindell Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin
- Ronda Rousey, written by Steve Pantaleo
- Overlooked, a celebration of remarkable, underappreciated people who broke the rules and changed the world, Amisha Padnani and the obituaries desk
- Wilma Rudolph, Tom Biracree ; [introductory essay by Matina S. Horner]
- Sonia Sotomayor, a biography, by Sylvia Mendoza
- Brave Harriet, the first woman to fly the English Channel, Marissa Moss ; illustrated by C.F. Payne
- Jessie De La Cruz, a profile of a United Farm Worker, Gary Soto
- Hablarán de nosotras, diecisiete mujeres poderosas que pecaron para ser libres, Sandra Barneda