Women’s History Month started in 1981 under President Jimmy Carter, as a presidential proclamation of Women’s History Week, during the week of March 7, 1982.
In 1987, the month of March was permanently designated as Women’s History Month by Congress.
Learn about the Smithsonian Institute’s American Women’s History Initiative “Because of Her Story”
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Visit the Northwest Regional Center Library:
