Rise: A Feminist Book Project

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Rise: A Feminist Book Project, formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project and compiled by the American Library Association, is an annual list of books with significant feminist content that are intended for readers from birth to age 18. [1] [2] The Amelia Bloomer Project was started in 2002 and continued annually until the name change in 2020. Rise is unique from other book lists in that it selects books based on content. [3]

Contents

Researchers, librarians, and educators have used the list to recognize and select books with feminist content for young people. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [ excessive citations ]

History

The American Library Association's Feminist Task Force (FTF) of the Social Responsibilities Round Table initiated an annual curation of the top feminist books in 2002 to promote "quality feminist literature for young readers". [12] The FTF chose to name the project after Amelia Bloomer, "an American writer and newspaper editor who campaigned for temperance, women's rights, and dress reform." [3]

In 2020, the FTF decided to rename the annual book list to Rise: A Feminist Book Project. The name change came after the FTF learned that Amelia Bloomer "refused to speak against the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850". [12] The committee stated that "librarians and libraries must work to correct social problems and inequities with particular attention to intersectionality, feminism, and deliberate anti-racism". [12] This belief prompted the 2020 name change.

Criteria

The judges consider both fiction and nonfictional, as well as illustrated books that have been published in the previous 18 months. [1]

Every year, books are judged based on three main criteria: [1]

  1. Significant feminist content
  2. Directed toward readers between ages 0 to 18
  3. Literary and artistic merit

The books selected for the project fall into six categories based on target audience and genre: Early Readers Fiction and Nonfiction, Middle Grade Fiction and Nonfiction, and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction. [13] [2]

Impact

In 2016, Kimberly Campbell Kinnaird selected 27 historical fiction novels from the Amelia Bloomer Project to "examine authenticity and empowerment" using "Boreen's three stages of historical authenticity (1999) and Brown and St. Clair's three levels of female empowerment (2002)". [14] Kinnaird's study found the books highly correlated with "female protagonists' authenticity and empowerment." [14] The books included female characters that acted "courageously within society's bounds," defied "society for personal ambition," and acted "as a catalyst for change." [14]

Honorees

The American Library Association's Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table selects books annually for Rise: A Feminist Book Project in six categories based on target audience and genre: Early Readers Fiction and Nonfiction, Middle Grade Fiction and Nonfiction, and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction. [13]

The following lists the top ten books between 2013 and 2021. Before 2013, the Feminist Task Force did not select the top ten books.

RISE: Top Ten (2013-2021)
YearAudienceGenreTitleAuthor
2013 [15] Early ReadersNonfictionIn the Bag!: Margaret Knight Wraps It Up Monica Kulling , illus. by David Parkins
Heart on Fire: Susan B. Anthony Votes for President Ann Malaspina , illus. by Steve James
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers Sarah E. Warren with Robert Casilla (Illus.)
Young AdultFictionWomanthology: HeroicVarious
Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
NonfictionKing Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman
Rookie Yearbook One Tavi Gevinson (editor)
Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond Lilly Ledbetter with Lanier Scott Isom
A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word Julie Zeilinger
2014 [16] Early ReadersNonfictionGlobal Baby Girls Global Fund for Children
Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America's Heart Julie Cummins , illus. by Malene R. Laugesen
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 Michelle Markel with Melissa Sweet (Illus.)
Middle GradeProfiles: Freedom Heroines Frieda Wishinsky
Young AdultHowever Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph Aimee Molloy
Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II Cheryl Mullenbach
The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace Lynn Povich
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? Marianne Schnall
Rookie Yearbook Two Tavi Gevinson (editor)
2015 [17] Early ReadersFictionA Pair of Twins Kavitha Mandana , illus. by Nayantara Surendranath
NonfictionEvery Day Is Malala Day Rosemary McCarney with Plan International
Middle GradeFictionHidden Donna Jo Napoli
NonfictionA Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country Ilene Cooper , illus. by Elizabeth Baddeley
Because I Am a Girl: I Can Change the World Rosemary McCarney with Plan International
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World: Young Readers Edition Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
Young AdultFictionMy Notorious Life Katy Manning
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir Liz Prince
Ms. Marvel: No Normal G. Willow Wilson , illus. by Adrian Alphona
NonfictionSally Ride: America's First Woman in Space Lynn Sherr
2016 [18] Early ReadersFictionDrum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music Margarita Engle , illus. by Rafael López
NonfictionSwing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of RhythmKaren Deans, illus. by Joe Cepeda
Middle Grade Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement [19] Carole Boston Weatherford , illus. by Ekua Holmes
Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space Tam O'Shaughnessy
Young AdultFictionThe Boston Girl Anita Diamant
Devoted Jennifer Mathieu
Nonfiction We Should All Be Feminists [19] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
The Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of Gugulethu Kimberly Burge and Lynn Sherr
African American Women: Photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
2017 [20] Early ReadersNonfictionI Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Debbie Levy , illus. by Elizabethe Baddeley
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer Diane Stanley , illus. by Jessie Hartland
Young AdultFiction Burn Baby Burn Meg Medina
Exit, Pursueda Bear E. K. Johnston
The Lie Tree Frances Hardinge
NonfictionBalcony on the Moon Ibtisam Barakat
Becoming Unbecoming Una
Take It As a Compliment Maria Stoian
Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear… and Why Sady Doyle
We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino
2018 [21] Early ReadersFictionHand Over Hand Alma Fullerton , illus. by Renné Benoit
Nonfiction Malala's Magic Pencil Malala Yousafzai , illus. by Kerascoët
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist Jess Keating , illus. by Marta Alvarez Miguens
Middle GradeFictionAhimsa Supriya Kelkar
Young AdultNoteworthy Riley Redgate
Piecing Me Together Renée Watson
Saints and Misfits S.K. Ali
The One Hundred Nights of Hero Isabel Greenberg
Nonfiction #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale (editors)
Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time Tanya Lee Stone
2019 [22] Early ReadersFictionSugar and Snails Sarah Tsiang with Sonja Wimmer
Middle GradeCrush Svetlana Chmakova
Amal Unbound Aisha Saeed
Young Adult The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo
Speak: The Graphic Novel Laurie Halse Anderson , illus. by Emily Carroll
Damsel Elana K. Arnold
As the Crow Flies Melanie Gillman
Learning to Breathe Janice Lynn Mather
Blood Water Paint Joy McCullough
Naondel Maria Turtschaninoff
2020 [23] [24] Early ReadersFictionA Boy Like YouFrank Murphy, illus. by Kayla Harren
At the Mountain's Base Traci Sorell with Weshoyot Alvitre
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family Ibtihaj Muhammad , illus. by S.K. Ali and Hatem Aly
NonfictionRise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou Bethany Hegedus , illus. by Tonya Engel
What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Chris Barton , illus. by Ekua Holmes
Young AdultFictionForward Me Back to You Mitali Perkins
Surviving the City, Vol. 1 Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All Laura Ruby
We Set the Dark on Fire Tehlor Kay Mejia
Nonfiction Shout Laurie Halse Anderson
2021 [25] [26] Early ReadersNonfictionConsent (For Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You Rachel Brian
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way Kyo Maclear , illus. by Julie Morstad
Ritu Weds Chandni Ameya Narvankar
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doreen Rappaport , illus. by Eric Velasquez
Young AdultFiction Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo
Red Hood Elana K. Arnold
Every Body Looking Candice Iloh
NonfictionSay Her Name Zetta Elliot
Know My Name: A Memoir Chanel Miller
2022 [27] Early ReadersFictionLaxmi's Mooch Shelly Anand , illus. by Nabi H. Ali
The Big Bath House Kyo Maclear , illus by Gracey Zhang
NonfictionBodies Are Cool Tyler Feder
Young AdultFiction Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo
Sistersong Lucy Holland
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix Bethany C. Morrow
NonfictionDisability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century Alice Wong
If I Go Missing Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose and Neal Shannacappo (art)
Somebody's Daughter Ashley C. Ford

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