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 ...
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