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Go get those w**ds, Girls!!!

Gerda Lerner, the historian and scholar who pioneered the field of women's history, once described how frequently girls and women's stories have been neglected in the study of history: "In my courses, the teachers told me about a world in which ostensibly one-half the human race is doing everything significant and the other half doesn’t exist. I asked myself how this checked against my own life experience. ‘This is garbage; this is not the world in which I have lived.’"

To introduce kids to pioneering women role models who changed the world, we recommend the picture book "Little Feminist: Celebrating 25 Amazing Women Throughout History" for ages 4 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/little-feminist-picture-book), and the illustrated biography "HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World" for ages 8 to 13 (https://www.amightygirl.com/herstory)

To discover new children's books for Women's History Month, we've collected the best books on trailblazing women that have been published in the past 12 months in a new blog post, "New Mighty Girl Books for Women's History Month 2024" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=37219

For adults seeking inspiration in the stories of Mighty Women from around the world, you can find many reading recommendations in our blog post, "The Mighty Women Reading List for Adults," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=37136

To find many books for children and teens about famous women that we fortunately now have access to thanks to the work of Dr. Lerner and other historians, visit our "History & Biography" book section at https://www.amightygirl.com/books/history-biography

And for one of our favorite women's history-themed t-shirts, featuring Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's famous quote "Well behaved women seldom make history," visit https://www.amightygirl.com/well-behaved-women-history-shirt

Thanks to Zen to Zany for sharing this image!

Slowing down a bit after dark makes a big difference. When I was young the speed limit on most of Idaho's highways was 60 during daylight and 55 after dark. Not a bad idea on our more rural routes even now.

Happy Valentine's everyone!