The Genealogy Blog Party Celebrates Women’s History Month
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It’s March, and as we do every year, the Genealogy Blog Party is celebrating Women’s History Month!
What is Women’s History Month?
“Women’s History Week” was originally held as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California, in 1978, and was planned to correspond with International Women’s Day on March 8. The women’s history movement spread across the country, and in February 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter issued the very first Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of 8 March 1980 to be National Women’s History Week.
In March of 1987, Congress passed Public Law 100-9 declaring the entire month of March as “Women’s History Month.” Congress continued to pass resolutions requesting that the President proclaim March as Women’s History Month. Every president since 1995 has done so.
Women’s History Month 2022 Theme
Each year, the National Women’s History Alliance selects the Women’s History Month theme. The theme for 2022 is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”
The 2022 Women’s History theme, “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope,” is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a recognition of the thousands of ways that women of all cultures have provided both healing and hope throughout history.
Women as healers harken back to ancient times. Healing is the personal experience of transcending suffering and transforming it to wholeness. The gift of hope spreads light to the lives of others and reflects a belief in the unlimited possibilities of this and future generations. Together, healing and hope are essential fuels for our dreams and our recovery.
This year, in particular, we are reminded of the importance of healers and caregivers who are helping to promote and sustain hope for the future. The NWHA encourages communities throughout the country to honor local women who bring and have historically brought these priceless gifts to their families, workplaces, and neighborhoods, sometimes at great sacrifice. These are the women who, as counselors and clerics, artists and teachers, doctors, nurses, mothers, and grandmothers listen, ease suffering, restore dignity, and make decisions for our general as well as our personal welfare.
Women have long advocated for compassionate treatments and new directions in public health and in women’s mental and physical health. Women have also historically led the way in mending divisions, healing wounds, and finding peaceful solutions. This timeless work, in so many ways and in addition to so many other tasks, has helped countless individuals in our communities recover and follow their dreams.
The 2022 theme proudly honors those who, in both public and private life, provide healing and promote hope for the betterment of all.
National Women’s History Alliance
For information and inspiration, please visit Women’s History Month and the National Women’s History Museum.
Suggested Topics
Suggested topics for this month’s theme include (but are not limited to):
- Stories of the women in your family
- An important moment in womens history
- Women in healing professions
- Women providing hope to others
- Women’s fashion
- Recipes, food, and cookbooks
- Women’s fraternal organizations
- Women’s lineage societies
- Women in the arts, sciences, sports, etc.
- Tips for researching female ancestors
- YOUR story
With the 1950 U.S. census about to be released, this would be a great time to start researching your female ancestors and family members who were alive in 1950. Where were they living? What were they doing? Gather the information now so you’re ready to find them when the census is released on 1 April 2022!
You are welcome to share up to 3 blog or social posts. This linkup closes at midnight PST on 31 March 2022.
Featured image: “The Typing Room” (1956) from the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science shared via Flickr Commons. Pinterest images below from Wikimedia Commons.
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