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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 The American queen : a novel / Vanessa Miller.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780840708878.jpeg)
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](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780593243336.jpeg)
Black women taught us : an intimate history of Black feminism / Jenn M. Jackson, PhD.
Jackson, Jenn M., author.
![Cover art for How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-1639365907.jpeg)
How to be a Renaissance woman : the untold history of beauty & female creativity / Jill Burke.
Burke, Jill, 1971- author.
![Cover art for I am not your perfect Mexican daughter / Erika L. Sánchez.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781524700492.jpeg)
I am not your perfect Mexican daughter / Erika L. Sánchez.
Sánchez, Erika L., author.
![Cover art for Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials / Marion Gibson.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-1668002426.jpeg)
Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials / Marion Gibson.
Gibson, Marion, 1970- author.
![Cover art for Unshrinking : how to face fatphobia / Kate Manne.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780593593837.jpeg)
Unshrinking : how to face fatphobia / Kate Manne.
Manne, Kate, author.
![Cover art for The women who built Hollywood : 12 trailblazers in front of and behind the camera / Susan Goldman Rubin.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781662680106.jpeg)
The women who built Hollywood : 12 trailblazers in front of and behind the camera / Susan Goldman Rubin.
Rubin, Susan Goldman, author.
![Cover art for Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future / Rachel Sarah.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781641607001.jpeg)
Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future / Rachel Sarah.
Sarah, Rachel, author.
![Cover art for Drinking from graveyard wells : stories / Yvette Lisa Ndlovu.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780813196978.jpeg)
Drinking from graveyard wells : stories / Yvette Lisa Ndlovu.
Ndlovu, Yvette Lisa, author.
![Cover art for The fly girls revolt : the story of the women who kicked open the door to fly in combat / Eileen A. Bjorkman.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781637585948.jpeg)
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.
![Cover art for The wounds that bind us / Kelley Shinn.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781952271861.jpeg)
The wounds that bind us / Kelley Shinn.
Shinn, Kelley, author.
![Cover art for Wild girls : how the outdoors shaped the women who challenged a nation / Tiya Miles.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781324020875.jpeg)
Wild girls : how the outdoors shaped the women who challenged a nation / Tiya Miles.
Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.
![Cover art for Daughters of Muscadine : stories / Monic Ductan.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781950564330.jpeg)
Daughters of Muscadine : stories / Monic Ductan.
Ductan, Monic, author.
![Cover art for Bloomer girls : women baseball pioneers / Debra A. Shattuck.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780252040375.jpeg)
Bloomer girls : women baseball pioneers / Debra A. Shattuck.
Shattuck, Debra A., author.
![Cover art for Idea makers : 15 fearless female entrepreneurs / Lowey Bundy Sichol.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cover-art-9781641606745.jpeg)
Idea makers : 15 fearless female entrepreneurs / Lowey Bundy Sichol.
Sichol, Lowey Bundy, author.
![Cover art for No better time : a novel of the spirited women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion / Sheila Williams.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780063307933.jpeg)
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.
![Cover art for Normal women : 900 years of making history / Philippa Gregory.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780063304321.jpeg)
Normal women : 900 years of making history / Philippa Gregory.
Gregory, Philippa, author.
![Cover art for Valiant women : the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II / Lena Andrews.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780063088337.jpeg)
Valiant women : the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II / Lena Andrews.
Andrews, Lena S., author.
![Cover art for Unlikeable female characters : the women pop culture wants you to hate / Anna Bogutskaya.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781728274744.jpeg)
Unlikeable female characters : the women pop culture wants you to hate / Anna Bogutskaya.
Bogutskaya, Anna, author.
![Cover art for Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science / Catherine McNeur.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781541674172.jpeg)
Mischievous creatures : the forgotten sisters who transformed early American science / Catherine McNeur.
McNeur, Catherine, author.
![Cover art for The doctor was a woman : stories of the first female physicians on the frontier / Chris Enss.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781493062928.jpeg)
The doctor was a woman : stories of the first female physicians on the frontier / Chris Enss.
Enss, Chris, 1961- author.
![Cover art for The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts / Loren Grush.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9781982172800.jpeg)
The six : the untold story of America’s first women astronauts / Loren Grush.
Grush, Loren, author.
![Cover art for Problem solvers : 15 innovative women engineers and coders / P.J. Hoover.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cover-art-9781641606387.jpeg)
Problem solvers : 15 innovative women engineers and coders / P.J. Hoover.
Hoover, P. J. (Patricia J.), 1970- author.
![Cover art for Up to speed : the groundbreaking science of women athletes / Christine Yu.](https://ocls.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cover-art-9780593332399.jpeg)
Up to speed : the groundbreaking science of women athletes / Christine Yu.
Yu, Christine, 1976- author.
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Celebrate Women’s History Month:
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.
Womens 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.