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Emmy in the key of code

2019
Sixth-grader Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and to figure out how she can create her own kind of music using a computer.
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#WomensMarch

insisting on equality
2020
"In this title, readers learn about the #WomensMarch, movement from the campaign for women's suffrage, to legislation safeguarding reproductive rights and protecting them from sexual harassment, to the 2017 and 2018 Women's Marches and the continued fight for gender equality and social justice. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher.
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100 times

a memoir of sexism
2019
"An . . . account of one hundred experiences of sexism, harassment, discrimination and assault . . . Here are Woods' personal stories of 100 times she suffered or was witness to a sexually charged experience--from gender-based discrimination in work places, to unsolicited groping from strangers in public, to sexual assault--beginning from the time she was five years old to the present"--Publisher.
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Grace for president

When Grace discovers that there has never been a female U.S. president, she decides to run for school president.

Female chauvinist pigs

women and the rise of raunch culture
Explores why a new brand of empowered women are treating casual sex as a sport, embracing raunch culture, and making sex objects of themselves and other women, and explains how these women are negatively impacted all women have fought for throughout history.
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Women, culture & politics

A collection of speeches and writings of Angela Y. Davis, African American political activist, that discusses the political and social changes during the seventies and eighties as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality.
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Women, race & class

Argues that the women's movement is in trouble because of race and class issues which have their roots in nineteenth-century feminist attitudes.
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Moxie

a novel
In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines.

Chicks rule

2019
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow chicks of all types as they work together to figure out how to respond to a sign forbidding chicks from attending the Rocket Club meeting.

Confronting sexism

Sexism undermines a woman's value. Unfortunately, it is a common experience many women share. Studies show that sexism can shape how women think, feel, and behave. It can also influence a woman's self-esteem and lead to feelings of shame and insecurity. This important resource will help young people recognize sexism and sexist language, learn how to respond when they find themselves on the receiving end of sexist comments, and where they can go to report sexist behaviors or to get help. This text features a list of suggested questions to ask an expert and myths and facts about discrimination.

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