In 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) was founded in Santa Rosa, California to broadcast women’s historical achievements. The founders led a coalition that successfully lobbied Congress to designate March as National Women’s History Month. The theme this year is "Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives."  

Here is a selection of current books in our reference collection on women's history:

• Encyclopedia of Women in the American West
• Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women
• Women, a Celebration of Strength
• The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious History
• Enslaved Women in America: an encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of American Women in Business: from Colonial times to the present
• American Women of Science since 1900
• Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women: Notable women from Sappho to Helena
• Women in Congress: 1917-2006