2024 Women's History Month Recognitions
Theme - Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Celebrating the stories of women who have inspired and fought for equity, diversity and inclusion nationally, statewide, and locally
2023 Women's History Month Recognitions
Theme - Women Who Tell Our Stories
Celebrating the stories of these outstanding international, national, state, and local women
Did you know? Women’s History Month started as Women’s History Week!
Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California. The Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women celebrated “Women’s History Week” in March 1978. The organizers selected the week of March 8 to correspond with International Women’s Day. The movement spread across the country as other communities initiated their own Women’s History Week celebrations the following year.
In 1980, a consortium of women’s groups and historians—led by the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women's History Alliance)—successfully lobbied for national recognition. In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th, 1980, as National Women’s History Week. Click HERE to read more.
Article ⇒ Happy Women's HERstory Month 2022 - Evergreen Times, March 11, 2022 LINK
2022 Women's HERstory Month Recognitions
2021 Women's History Month Recognitions
2021 Recognitions include:
⇒ First Lady Michelle Obama, Fmr. San Jose Mayor Janet Gray Hayes, Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta, CA State Controller Betty Yee, Fmr. CA Sec. of State March Fong Eu
⇒ Fmr. County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado, US Rep Barbara Lee, CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma, US VP Kamala Harris, Astronaut Ellen Ochoa
⇒ Fmr. US Senator Barbara Boxer, Abolitionist/Saratoga resident Mary Ann Day Brown, US Asst. Sec of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, Modoc Leader Toby Winema
⇒ Women of D3: Allie Hughes, Sandy Runyan, Michelle Pelayo-Osorio, Elica Rahdar, Wendy Ho, Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto
⇒ Fmr. US Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas, Mayordoma Eulalia Perez de Guillen Marine, Clara Shortridge Foltz, Astronaut Sally Ride, Helen Hunt Jackson
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2021 Women's History Month Recognitions
Additional Women's History Month Recognitions
The D3 Team recognizes Women's History Month to celebrate the contributions of women along with recognitions for Black History Month, AANHPI Heritage Month, PRIDE Month, Muslim Americans, and more where we have celebrated women. Click on the their images to read more about the women we have recognized.
