Check It Out: Women’s History Month

The Check It Out series highlights the most popular texts on LightSail, around a specific monthly theme or topic, based on our user data. Every month we’ll share which books LightSail readers can’t stop checking out. These insights help us curate book lists for our schools that we know will keep students engaged and growing.

We’re right in the middle of Women’s History Month, celebrating leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Rosa Parks, and countless more.  Through their contributions to human rights and efforts to establish equality,  these women have shaped our modern world. With so many powerful stories to experience, LightSail readers have been choosing titles featuring strong female protagonists from countries around the world, many of which focus on the fight against different forms of oppression. Read on to find out more!

Check out the top 15 titles on LightSail related to Women’s History Month:

Title	Checkouts	Lexile	# of pages
1. Fair Play for Women in Sports*	948	450L	9
2. Number the Stars	662	670L	89
3. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad*	644	200L	9
4. Famous Artists: Frida Kahlo*	570	430L	10
5. Stargirl	452	590L	140
6. Matilda	398	840L	131
7. Amelia Earhart	393	690L	34
8. Jane Goodall: A Friend of the Chimpanzees*	333	410L	10
9. Florence Nightingale*	227	430L	10
10. Eleanor Roosevelt	167	560L	34
11. Who Was Rosa Parks?	153	700L	42
12. Before We Were Free	93	890L	147
13. Rickshaw Girl	86	730L	50
14. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	77	920L	177
15. Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses and Other Female Villains	53	800L	174

*For LightSail users, these Antares Reading texts are free as a part of the complimentary LightSail Library!

How are you celebrating Women’s History Month in your classroom?  Let us know by sharing and including #checkitout in your post!