Welcome Readers!
Our 2026 Online Reading Challenge is … KNOW YOUR HISTORY! Each month we will be reading about a different observance month and highlighting a main title about that month.
For March, we will be reading books that commemorate the role of women in history and society. Our main title for March is Code Girls: The Untold History of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy. Here’s a quick summary from the publisher:
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment. – Grand Central Publishing
Looking for some other books that commemorate the role of women in history and society? Try any of the following.
- The Firsts: the Inside Story of Women Reshaping Congress by Jennifer Steinhauer
- The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs
- The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales by Anne E Duggan
- No Man’s Land: The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain’s Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I by Wendy Moore
- On This Day She: Putting Women Back into History One Day at a Time by Jo Bell
- Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS by Lisa Rogak
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
- She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street by Paulina Bren
As always, check each of our locations for displays with lots more titles to choose from!