Extraordinary Women's League

07/26/2026

07/04/2026

06/20/2026

The Extraordinary Women's League Celebrates this Extraordinary Woman
Dr. Opal Lee!!!! What an Extraordinary legend this 99 year old teacher, counselor, author and inspirational activist is!!!

A Mighty Girl's Pick of the Day is in honor of Juneteenth: "Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth" by Alice Faye Duncan. As a child in Fort Worth, Texas, Opal Lee loved nothing more than the annual Juneteenth picnic -- a long, joyful day of music, dancing, and red strawberry lemonade in honor of the morning in 1865 when, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the news of freedom finally reached the enslaved people of Galveston. But on Juneteenth night in 1939, when Opal was twelve years old, a white mob descended on her family's brand-new home and burned it to the ground.

The little girl who watched her house burn grew up to become a teacher, a community organizer, and -- decade after decade -- a quiet, persistent voice insisting that Juneteenth deserved to be a holiday for every American. And in 2016, at the age of eighty-nine, she set out on foot from her front door in Fort Worth to walk all the way to the White House, determined that somebody, surely, would notice a little old lady in tennis shoes asking Congress to recognize the day her ancestors became free.

Drawing on Opal Lee's own memories, Alice Faye Duncan tells her story alongside the larger story of Juneteenth, with Opal -- known to the children gathered around her as Great-Grand Dear -- guiding readers from the Juneteenth picnics of her childhood to her long walks for justice to the White House signing ceremony in 2021 that finally made the holiday national. Keturah A. Bobo's warm, light-filled illustrations carry the reader through every stage, and rich back matter -- including a Juneteenth timeline, a Red Punch recipe, and a brief biography -- helps families and classrooms keep the conversation going. Highly recommended for ages 5 and up.

"Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free" is available at https://bookshop.org/a/8011/9781400231256 (Bookshop) and https://amzn.to/4ev1qh3 (Amazon)

Opal Lee has told her story for adult readers in a new memoir "A Committee of One" at https://bookshop.org/a/8011/9780063459014 (Bookshop) and https://amzn.to/4oDQqmc (Amazon)

There is also a new graphic novel about her life for ages 10 and up "First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth" at https://bookshop.org/a/8011/9781637157770 (Bookshop) and https://amzn.to/3SlFcqD (Amazon)

Opal Lee is one of the newest addition to the Inspiring Women Doll series for ages 6 and up at https://amzn.to/4gqA4eM

For books for children and teens about more pioneering African American women, visit our blog post "99 Books about Extraordinary Black Mighty Girls and Women" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=14276

You can also find books about courageous women who fought for equality as part of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in our blog post "50 Inspiring Books on Girls & Women of the Civil Rights Movement," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11177

05/04/2026

FREE EWL WORKSHOP THIS WEDNESDAY!

Extraordinary Women, isn't it time for us to free ourselves from unnecessary guilt?

If you said yes, this FREE EWL workshop is for you!

You're invited to join us for this virtual event on Zoom this Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 7pm EST for:
Extraordinary Women of WELLth Academy ~ Ditch the Guilt, Own Your Extraordinary: A Permission Slip for Women Who Do Too Much with Guest Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Reid

Dr. Reid will dive into her findings of what happens when you reclaim your life from unreasonable expectations. Using the wisdom that highlights in her book, Guilt Free, she will discuss with us that guilt is not a character flaw. As she describes, it’s a gap — between what you expect of yourself and what you believe you actually are. In this workshop, you’ll learn to close that gap with science, self-compassion, and a very simple equation.

Click here to register & for the Zoom Link: https://ewl-extraordinaryou.kit.com/bcb71f3af6

Share this with all of your woman friends!

For EWL Premiere Members: You can RSVP on the EWL Platform.

03/17/2026

Love all that you are doing for the world 👏🏼

03/16/2026

“All the Women in the room stand”
Autumn Durald”
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03/14/2026

Hey Extraordinary Women~
LOVE This🪻🌱💗
Do you love Flowers & Plants & the History of inspiring badass Women?

Then check out out what Longwood Garden is highlighting for Women’s History Month!!!

For those of you that are not familiar with Long Wood Garden’s in Pa, it’s horticultural heaven, and magical grounds spanning over 1,100 acres, with well over 10,000 varieties of beautiful plants and magnificent gardens.
Extraordinary Women's League

03/08/2026

My oh my what an Extraordinary Woman!

03/04/2026

Hey Extraordinary Women~ This posted on https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11827 feels like another exciting share for Women’s History Month👏🏼❤️

Today's A Mighty Girl Community Pick is perfect for celebrating today's anniversary of the groundbreaking 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade, a major turning point in the fight for American women's right to vote: "How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. When Alice Paul met Lucy Burns in a British jail after a suffrage protest, it was the start of a beautiful friendship – and an alliance that would transform America! They returned home with bold plans to bring new ideas U.S. Women's Suffrage Movement and push for a long overdue Constitutional amendment guaranteeing women's right to vote.

To grab the public attention, they organized giant events, like a grand suffrage parade the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration and a two-year long picket outside of the White House, and they endured prison and hunger strikes. They reinvigorated the activists who had been fighting for women's suffrage for over seven decades and attracted countless new supporters who refused to be silenced, and together, their determination made the 19th Amendment a reality.

This captivating book by a Newbery Honor winner uses engaging storytelling and cartoon-like art to tell Alice and Lucy's story, while interspersing dozens of historic photos and fascinating sidebars with maps, timelines, and newspaper clippings throughout, making this a fun, engrossing introduction to this momentous period in American history. Highly recommended for ages 7 to 12.

"How Women Won the Vote" is available at https://www.amightygirl.com/how-women-won-the-vote

There is also a fantastic picture book about Alice Paul and her leadership during this critical period in the fight for women's rights: "Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson for the Vote" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/fight-of-the-century

For several excellent biographies about these trailblazers for adult readers, we recommend "Alice Paul: Claiming Power" (https://www.amightygirl.com/alice-paul-claiming-power), "A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot" (https://www.amightygirl.com/a-woman-s-crusade), and "Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait" (https://www.amightygirl.com/how-long-must-we-wait-alice-paul)

For a fascinating book for adult readers about the final fight for the ratification of the 19th Amendment during the summer of 1920, we also recommend "The Woman's Hour" at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-woman-s-hour

For more books for children, teens, and adults about the heroic women of the Suffrage Movement, visit our blog post, "Books for Kids & Adults About the U.S. Suffrage Movement," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11827

02/25/2026

As we near the end of Black History Month and enter Women’s Month, we must reflect on the march that helped bring us the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Civil Rights Movement brings to mind male leaders like the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rep. John Lewis. Too often, however, we forget that women were integral to the Selma campaign and the civil rights movement in general. Without these women’s contributions and sacrifices, American democracy may look very different.
Black women have a deep history of contribution to transformative movements in this country, but that work is often overshadowed by the accomplishments of their male contemporaries. Here at the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice, we shine a light on the women who played critical roles in securing the right to vote! 🗳️