The story of Bruce Springsteen is usually told through sold out arenas and iconic albums, but a recent program at the Lacey Branch of the Ocean County Library turned the focus to the women who helped build that story from the ground up.

January 5, 1973, marked the arrival of a new voice in American rock music when Bruce Springsteen released his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. The record introduced Springsteen’s dense, poetic songwriting and street-level storytelling, but ...