Beginning as a local, week-long celebration in Santa Rosa, California, Women’s History Month took flight in 1978. The week of March 8th was chosen to coincide with International Women’s Day and afterwards, other regions throughout the country started their own celebratory weeks. By 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8, 1980 as National Women’s History Week. Since 1987, Women’s History Month has ...

The origins of Black History Month stretch back over the course of a century, first as a celebratory week and eventually the month of February. It serves as a celebration of the legacy of Black Americans who helped to build our nation and also as a time of remembrance and acknowledgement of injustice. In schools, Black History Month provides an important teaching tool for learning about struggle and success as well as ...