President Jimmy Carter was the first president to declare the week of March 8 as National Women's History week. The next year, the U.S. Congress resolution established Women’s History Month as a national celebration.
Women’s History Month started Tuesday, March 1, 2022 and ends Thursday, March 31, 2022. We celebrate Women’s History Month to dedicate the reflection of overlooked contributions of women in United States history. Women’s History Month is in March since it corresponds to International Women’s day and the Title IX.
Women’s History Month is important for women because it helps to know women’s achievements and expand their sense of what is possible, knowing women’s strengths and weaknesses. It also helps to build respect and nourish self esteem.
Every year at the beginning of Women’s History Month, the National Women’s History Alliance chooses a theme for the entire month. From 2020-2021, the theme was “Valiant Women of the Vote.” This year, the theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” It means to contribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this pandemic. Women’s History Month recognizes thousands of ways that women of all cultures provided both healing and hope throughout the start of history.
The greatest accomplishments of studying Women’s History Month of the past three years have been the extensive documentation of the contours of African American Women’s history.
Women’s History Month is a celebration of women to be who they are and how far they have come. It is a time to highlight the contributions of women in history as well as in contemporary society.