The Genealogy Blog Party: Women’s History Month
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It’s MARCH, and what else would the Genealogy Blog Party be celebrating other than Women’s History Month?
What is Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month actually started out as a local celebration held in Santa Rosa, California designed to correspond with International Women’s Day on March 8. The movement spread across the country, and in February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of 8 March 1980 to be National Women’s History Week.
In March 1987, Congress passed Public Law 100-9, and the entire month of March became “Women’s History Month.” From 1988 to 1994, Congress continued to pass resolutions requesting that the President proclaim March as Women’s History Month, and each president since 1995 has done so.
The National Women’s History Alliance selects the annual Women’s History Month theme:
The theme for Women’s History Month in 2021 captures the spirit of these challenging times. Since many of the women’s suffrage centennial celebrations originally scheduled for 2020 were curtailed, the National Women’s History Alliance is extending the annual theme for 2021 to “Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced.“[note]See https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/womens-history-month for more information.[/note]
For Women’s History Month information and inspiration, visit the National Women’s History Month website.
Featured image: “Youngest parader in New York City suffragist parade” (1912) from the Library of Congress.
Let’s hear it for The Ladies!
Your posts can have anything to do with female ancestors and/or women’s history. Suggested topics include:
- Stories of the women in your family
- An important moment in women’s history
- Women’s Suffrage (not just in the U.S.)
- Suffragettes
- The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- Women’s fashion
- Recipes and food
- Women’s fraternal organizations
- Women’s lineage societies
- Women in the arts, sciences, sports, etc.
- Tips for researching female ancestors
- YOUR story as a woman
Feel free to share up to 4 blog or social posts. Off-topic posts will be removed without notice.
This linkup closes at midnight PST on 31 March 2021.
Genealogy Blog Party Reminders
- Please include a backlink to this blog somewhere in your post.
- Posts must be relevant to the topic. Off-topic posts will be deleted without notice.
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