A Woman of the Iron People is an anthropological science fiction novel by American writer Eleanor Arnason, originally published in 1991.

Along with White Queen, A Woman of the Iron People won the inaugural Otherwise Award in 1991.

The later paperback edition consisted of two separate volumes, In the Light of Sigma Draconis and Changing Women, split at the natural dividing point of the novel.

The first primarily deals with Lixia's growing understanding and involvement with life on the planet.

They leave their current location and journey west, meeting Derek and the Voice of the Waterfall along the way.