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

Cover art for First things first : hip-hop ladies who changed the game / Nadirah Simmons

First things first : hip-hop ladies who changed the game / Nadirah Simmons, [illustrations by Sara Gilanchi].

Simmons, Nadirah, author.

The American queen : a novel / Vanessa Miller.

Miller, Vanessa, author.

Cover art for Black women taught us : an intimate history of Black feminism / Jenn M. Jackson

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.

I survived capitalism and all I got was this lousy t-shirt : everything I wish I never had to learn about money / Madeline Pendleton.

Pendleton, Madeline, author.

Cover art for Why we read : on bookworms

Why we read : on bookworms, libraries and just one more page before lights out / Shannon Reed.

Reed, Shannon, 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.

A table set for sisterhood : 35 recipes inspired by 35 female icons / Ashley Scḧütz & Ashly Jernigan.

Schütz, Ashley, 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.

Cover art for Wisdom of wildly creative women : real stories from inspirational

Wisdom of wildly creative women : real stories from inspirational, artistic, and empowered women / Angela LoMenzo principal photography by James LoMenzo [foreword by Kathy Rose].

LoMenzo, Angela, author.