Women's History Month
Celebrate Women's History Month with Orange County Library System! Learn all about influential women in history who broke barriers and helped advance science, technology, engineering, art and math.
Leading Ladies
The American queen : a novel / Vanessa Miller.
Miller, Vanessa, author.
Black women taught us : an intimate history of Black feminism / Jenn M. Jackson, PhD.
Jackson, Jenn M., author.
How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.
Burke, Jill, 1971- author.
I am not your perfect Mexican daughter / Erika L. Sánchez.
Sánchez, Erika L., author.
Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials / Marion Gibson.
Gibson, Marion, 1970- author.
Unshrinking : how to face fatphobia / Kate Manne.
Manne, Kate, author.
The women who built Hollywood : 12 trailblazers in front of and behind the camera / Susan Goldman Rubin.
Rubin, Susan Goldman, author.
Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future / Rachel Sarah.
Sarah, Rachel, author.
Drinking from graveyard wells : stories / Yvette Lisa Ndlovu.
Ndlovu, Yvette Lisa, author.
The fly girls revolt : the story of the women who kicked open the door to fly in combat / Eileen A. Bjorkman.
Bjorkman, Eileen A., author.
The wounds that bind us / Kelley Shinn.
Shinn, Kelley, author.
Wild girls : how the outdoors shaped the women who challenged a nation / Tiya Miles.
Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.
Daughters of Muscadine : stories / Monic Ductan.
Ductan, Monic, author.
Bloomer girls : women baseball pioneers / Debra A. Shattuck.
Shattuck, Debra A., author.
Idea makers : 15 fearless female entrepreneurs / Lowey Bundy Sichol.
Sichol, Lowey Bundy, author.
No better time : a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion / Sheila Williams.
Williams, Sheila (Sheila J.), author.
Normal women : 900 years of making history / Philippa Gregory.
Gregory, Philippa, author.
Valiant women : the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II / Lena Andrews.
Andrews, Lena S., author.
Unlikeable female characters : the women pop culture wants you to hate / Anna Bogutskaya.
Bogutskaya, Anna, author.
Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science / Catherine McNeur.
McNeur, Catherine, author.
The doctor was a woman : stories of the first female physicians on the frontier / Chris Enss.
Enss, Chris, 1961- author.
The six : the untold story of America’s first women astronauts / Loren Grush.
Grush, Loren, author.
Problem solvers : 15 innovative women engineers and coders / P.J. Hoover.
Hoover, P. J. (Patricia J.), 1970- author.
Up to speed : the groundbreaking science of women athletes / Christine Yu.
Yu, Christine, 1976- author.
Upcoming Women's History Month Events
South Trail Branch (South Trail - Meeting Room 2)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Education & Learning
Explore hands-on STEAM activities while learning about female inventors and scientists. Recommended for ages 6-12.
Learn more>Southeast Branch (Southeast - Meeting Room 2)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Design, fold and test paper airplanes in recognition of famous women who dared to fly. Recommended for families.
Learn more>South Trail Branch (South Trail - Meeting Room 2)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Design, fold and test paper airplanes in recognition of famous women who dared to fly. Recommended for families.
Learn more>Washington Park Branch (Washington Park - Children's Area)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Design, fold and test paper airplanes in recognition of famous women who dared to fly. Recommended for families.
Learn more>South Creek Branch (South Creek - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Education & Learning; Storytime
Preschoolers will delight in interactive stories, songs, and rhymes that inspire a love of reading and build early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 3–5.
Learn more>Women’s History Month Resource Guide
In this staff-curated guide, you can find books, DVDs and mobile resources on some of the most powerful and influential women in history.