This Splash Read collection includes 15 historical fiction short stories about women in history. While Splash Read stories are enjoyed by kids of all ages, they were written to facilitate a conversation between a child and parent, or student and teacher. Each story introduces an influential person from history. Stories discuss life skills, challenges, problem-solving, and important issues. We’ve heard positive reviews from kids as young as first graders and as old as 10th graders.

The stories you will hear are:

• "Marian Anderson and the Easter Sunday Concert"
• "Queen Liliʻuokalani Writes a Song" 
• "Martha Hughes Cannon: America’s First Female State Senator"
• "Suzanne Lenglen Learns to Play Tennis"
• "Peggy Jones (aka Lady Bo) Learns the Guitar"
• "Sandra Day O’Connor Gets a Job"
• "Sojourner Truth Meets Abraham Lincoln"
• "Zina D.H. Young Delivers a Baby"
• "Minerva Teichert Paints a Masterpiece"
• "Mary Jackson Builds a Wind Tunnel"
• "Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Crushes Smallpox"
• "Wilma Rudolph Chases a Dream"
• "Alline Sprouse Wins the Championship"
• "Shirley Chisholm and the Backpack"
• "Helen Keller Learns Chess"