[3] Researchers, librarians, and educators have used the list to recognize and select books with feminist content for young people.
[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.
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".
[14] Kinnaird's study found the books highly correlated with "female protagonists' authenticity and empowerment.