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Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month, which began as International Women’s Day and then Women’s History Week.

Women’s History Week was first celebrated in 1978 in Sonoma County, California, which was designed around March 8 (International Women’s Day). In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980, as National Women’s History Week. By 1986, 14 states had declared March as Women’s History Month.

In 1987, Congress designated the month of March as Women’s History Month. Since then, every U.S. president has issued annual proclamations designating the month of March as Women’s History Month.