Urbandale Community School District: Celebrating Women's History Month

Press release from the Urbandale Community School District:

March 1st, 2022

Women’s History Month is a celebration of the contributions women have made to culture, society, and history within the United States and around the world. It’s a month dedicated to highlighting the often overlooked contributions of women to United States history. Women such as Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sacagawea, and Harriet Beecher Stowe all had a lasting impact on the history of the United States. Since 1987, it has been observed annually during the month of March in the United States.

A school district in Sonoma, CA is credited with the birth of Women’s History Week. In 1978, presentations were made by dozens of students honoring women’s contribution to history through participation in the “Real Woman” essay contest. Several years later other districts began supporting the idea throughout the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8th as National Women’s History week. Congress later followed suit by proclaiming the week as a national celebration. Six years later, through the National Women’s History Project, congress expanded the event to the entire month.

Our thanks to UCSD Equity & Inclusion Coordinator, Ryan Williamson, for sharing the above information. Throughout the month of March, be sure to reach out to the women in your life who have made an impact on you. We are all stronger for the insight, support, wisdom, and leadership of the outstanding women in our school district. #grateful4U

Learn more about Women’s History Month

• Women’s History Month (The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
• What To Watch: Women’s History Month (PBS)
• Women’s History Month (TED Talks)
• Organizations for Women and Girls in Iowa (Iowa Dept of Human Rights)
• Iowa Women’s History Quiz (Iowa Commission on the Status of Women)
• Women’s History Month (Iowa Dept of Education)

This press release was produced by the Urbandale Community School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.