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. 

Women's history

Year of the tiger :... Wong, Alice, 19...
Come fly the world :... Cooke, Julia, a...
The immortal life of... Skloot, Rebecca...
Persepolis / Marjane... Satrapi, Marjan...
Good for a girl : a... Fleshman, Laure...
The last nomad : com... Salh, Shugri Sa...
Red paint : the ance... LaPointe, Sasha...
In the company of wo... Bonney, Grace,...
The climate book / c... Thunberg, Greta...
The secret history o... Dreilinger, Dan...
Rise of the rocket g... Holt, Nathalia,...
Big girl : a novel /... Sullivan, Mecca...
Inferior : how scien... Saini, Angela,...
Too much : how Victo... Cote, Rachel Vo...
A Black women's... Berry, Daina Ra...
Believe me : how tru... Valenti, Jessic...
Haben : the Deafblin... Girma, Haben, 1...
When women ruled the... Cooney, Kara, a...
Heart berries : a me... Mailhot, Terese...
Black women writers...
Cassandra speaks : w... Lesser, Elizabe...
Newsroom confidentia... Sullivan, Marga...
Not too old for that... Larson, Vicki,...
The once and future... Janega, Eleanor...
If you want somethin... Haley, Nikki, 1...
Twice as hard : the... Brown, Jasmine,...
Brave hearted : the... Hickman, Katie,...
The courageous Six T... Tyner, Artika R...
Women who led the wa... Manning, Mick,...
Take back your power... Liu, Deborah, 1...
Sis, take a breath :... Watson, Kirsten...
Think like a girl :... Alloway, Tracy...

Celebrate Women's History Month:

Women's History Month: POW-HER-FUL

In-Person & Virtual Events: Pow-HER-ful

With great power comes great responsibility. Explore the common empowering qualities of well-known women like Simone Biles, Frida Kahlo, and Jane Goodall. Recommended for ages 3-5.

A Burst of Light

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. 

Sonia Sotomayor: a judge grows in the Bronx

Virtual Book Displays for Kids

Celebrate Women's History Month by learning more about girls and women who left their mark on the world with our virtual displays of books for kids to discover.