Women's History Month starts as early as 1911 as International Women's Day. Women's activist Laura X advocated for the rebirth of International Women's Day in the United States when it was largely not celebrated. With this, as soon as 1978, Women's History Week began. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980 as National Women's History Week. Because of it's popularity, in 1987, Women's History Month began. From 1988 to 2024, U.S. presidents have issued annual proclamations declaring the month of March as Women's History Month.
Sources:
"Women's History Month", National Women's History Museum, 2024. National Women's History Museum, https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/womens-history-month
"Why March is National Women's History Month", 2024. Molly Murphy MacGregor, https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/womens-history-month-history/
The purpose of this guide is to offer a small celebration, offer education, and provide entertainment during this month. It is not an extensive guide to every aspect of women's achievements, but we try our best to be as wide ranging as possible. Please learn and enjoy.
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Womanica (website) (Spotify) (Apple)
Wonder Media Network's podcast may be short by clocking in around five minutes, but this podcasts highlights women that you may, or may not, know.
The Guilty Feminist (website)
Comedian Deborah Frances-White and a special guest discuss topics "all 21st century feminist agree on" "while confessing their insecurities, hypocrisies and fears that underlie their lofty principles".
A Feminist Lens (Apple)
Peris Thuo and Nina de ayala Parker take a part the world and view it through a feminist lens. Join them in this podcast.
Women's History Month.gov (link here) is a website where multiple governmental programs (the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institute, the National Archives, and more) pulled together a website of Women's History.
National History Museum (link here) is a website for education and resources provided by the National History Museum.
History.com has a webpage dedicated to Women's History month (link here).
