\u201cRecognize the victories, struggles and stories of the women who have made our country what it is,\u201d President Obama said in honor of Women\u2019s History Month.
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\nIn the late 1970s, The Women\u2019s History Institute at Sarah Lawrence College planned to support the nation in creating a National Women\u2019s History Week. <\/p>\n
By 1980, President Carter issued the first women\u2019s history week in March to celebrate American women. Each year, new efforts were made to acknowledge women\u2019s achievements. <\/p>\n
In 1987, Congress declared March as National Women\u2019s History Month to honor and recognize women in the United States.
\nWith the help of Congress and the National Women\u2019s History Project (NWHP), founded in 1980, the role of women in history could now be recognized. The NWHP originally started to lobby congress into designating a month to recognize strong and innovative women. Now the organization expands their knowledge of the history of women throughout the entire nation. <\/p>\n
According to Jone Johnson Lewis, women’s history expert, the purpose of Women\u2019s History Month is to realize the contributions women have made for the United States. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe purpose of Women’s History Month is to increase consciousness and knowledge of women’s history; to take one month of the year to remember the contributions of notable and ordinary women, in hopes that the day will soon come when it’s impossible to teach or learn history without remembering these contributions,\u201d Lewis said. <\/p>\n
Not only has the United States changed because of many women\u2019s achievements, but this country has made progress since the early days of women gaining rights and opportunities similar to men. NWHP honors women of all cultures and races by acknowledging their efforts toward making the U.S. a better country. According to their organization\u2019s website, their goal has been the same since their start.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday our aim is as clear and simple as it was 25 years ago: to teach as many people as possible about women\u2019s role in history.\u201d
\nCarmen Delgado Votaw, the first Hispanic female chief of staff to a member of Congress, said feminism came through her exposure of injustice with outstanding women. <\/p>\n
\u201cDevelop your curiosity. Allow yourselves to be exposed to the challenges women have faced and the contributions they have made,\u201d Votaw said. \u201cIt is important also that you look at career choices .\u2009.\u2009. in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. Do not be intimidated by the fact there may not be many women in those [jobs]. Go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United Nations said it\u2019s important to encourage the development of women and their contributions. This is what the purpose of the month is, according to NWHP. From the beginning of this monthly celebration, created a few decades ago, President Carter said not only were men the ones influencing this country, but also women. <\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation,\u201d President Carter said. \u201cToo often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America were as vital as those of the men whose names we know so well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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