March is National Women’s History Month and admittedly I have not been too clear on what that means!  I must have missed this topic in my history class.  So, for all the other women out there who might not know, here’s the quick rundown, according to the Library of Congress:

?Our shared history unites families, communities, and nations.  Although women?s history is intertwined with the history shared with men, several factors – social, religious, economic, and biological – have worked to create a unique sphere of women’s history.?

About Women?s History Month

Before the 1970?s, the topic of women?s history was largely missing from general public consciousness. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a ?Women?s History Week? celebration in 1978 and chose the week of March 8 to coincide with International Women?s Day.

The celebration was met with positive response, and schools began to host their own Women?s History Week programs. The next year, leaders from the California group shared their project at a Women?s History Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. Other participants not only became determined to begin their own local Women?s History Week projects but also agreed to support an effort to have Congress declare a national Women?s History Week.

In 1987, the National Women?s History Project petitioned Congress to expand the celebration to the entire month of March. Since then, the National Women?s History Month Resolution has been approved every year with bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.