Women In History Month

For the past 34 years, the federal government has chosen the month of March to recognize the importance of women in American society. It began as a 7-day celebration called Women’s History Week in 1981 and became Women’s History Month by 1988. Women in jazz, women in science, women in the arts, women were everywhere. Even in the days when women were supposed to just be in the kitchen, they were busy making history. And this month at the Smithsonian, a month-long celebration of those women kicks It wasn’t until I sought independent research that I realized who these women were and what vital roles they played throughout history. The intergenerational erasure of Black women from historical narratives has impacted the way we conceptualize Black In 1955, Fay Crocker became the first female golfer born outside the United States to win a major championship. That year, she won the U.S. Open. Five years later, Crocker won her second career major, the 1960 Titleholders Championship. It wasn't until On June 30th, 1974, Alberta Williams King was gunned down while she played the organ for the “Lord’s Prayer” at Ebenezer Baptist Church. As a Christian civil rights activist, she was assassinatedjust like her son, Martin Luther King, Jr. But most In observance of Women’s History Month, The Journal asked women who serve their country in uniform at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) to tell us about the women who inspired them, and why they think it’s important to observe Women .

Throughout the month of March, the Institute for Women's Studies will be telling the unknown stories of women who have had an influence on history, aligning with the 2015 national Women's History Month theme — Weaving the Story of Women’s Lives. Whereas American women of every race, class, and ethnic background helped found the Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways as servants, slaves, nurses, nuns, homemakers, industrial workers, teachers, reformers, soldiers, and pioneers; Whereas “It took me a while to even realize (DJ K-Swift) was a woman because her songs were pretty filthy,” said Jackson Morley, a local DJ and the workshop manager for the Avenue Concept, a public art program, at the Ladies DJ Workshop Tuesday night. It kind of says it all that women’s contributions are relegated to a single month of recognition, but let’s not go there. Instead, let’s celebrate the fact that March is indeed Women’s History Month, and acknowledge five women who may not have .

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