Women’s History Month had
its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed authorized
and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as
“Women’s History Week." Throughout
the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a
week in March as "Women’s History Week." In 1987 after being petitioned by the
National Women’s History Project, Congress designated the month of March 1987
as “Women’s History Month." Between
1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and
authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History
Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton,
Bush and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the
month of March as “Women’s History Month.” Learn More
You can learn more about Women's History by visiting Women's History Month on the web at:
WomensHistoryMonth.gov
For short articles and pictures, visit “A National policy of Nagging” on Pinterest at: https://www.pinterest.com/usnatarchives/a-national-policy-of-nagging
You can get the executive and legislative documents from the Law Library of Congress' guide to the legislative history of Women's History Month at
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/women_history.php
Women's History Month @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month
Women's History Month @ Library of Congress
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
Women's History Month @ National Women's History Museum
https://www.nwhm.org/
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