March is Women's History Month. Celebrate Women's History Month by learning more about the vital role of women in American history.
Why is Women's History Month in March?
Women's History Month began as National Women's History Week, a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California. Organizers chose to start on March 8: International Women’s Day. A consortium of women's groups then petitioned Congress and the White House in support of a national Women's History Week. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter designated the first National Women's History Week by Presidential Proclamation. Again, the week of March 8 - 12, 1980 was chosen to coincide with International Women's Day on March 8. The following year Congress authorized Women's History Week to begin the week of March 7. Congress continued to pass resolutions designating Women's History Week for five more years, until 1987, when they established all of March would be celebrated as Women's History Month.
FROM PBS
Meet Barbara Jordan: a civil rights icon whose powerful voice masked a complex private life.
FROM PBS UTAH
She was a physician, the first female state senator in the United States, & a sister wife.
Makers: Voices of Utah Women tells the story of the women's movement in Utah.
Meet female pioneers Caroline Gleich, Martha Hughes Cannon & Alyssha Dairsow of Curly Me!
PBS Utah POdcast
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Hosted by Andrea Smardon, this podcast uncovers serious challenges facing Utah women and why it takes all of us, regardless of gender, to overcome them. We talk to women and their allies as they share their stories on topics such as work-life balance, motherhood, and how to lead in a state that’s been deemed the worst for women’s equality three years in a row.