Connecticut author/illustrator Janice Hechter's new children's book published by Red Chair Press comes out on February 4, 2025.

The title is Where Are the Women?: The Girl Scouts' Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park.

It perfectly ties in to Women's History Month.

When a group of New York City Girl Scouts learn in 2016 that there are no statues of women in Central Park, they organize and combine forces in a quest to change that shocking fact.

Kirkus Reviews recommends the book, calling it "An inspiring true story of female empowerment."

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/janice-hechter/where-are-the-women/

This book won a Mom’s Choice Gold Award, a Bronze Readers’ Choice Award, and a Royal Dragonfly Book Award for Children’s Nonfiction.