events 2008

Women currently hold 87 of the 535 seats in the U.S. Congress[© AP Images]

March 2008: National Women’s History Month 

Marchy 1-31, 2008

Each year, March is designated as National Women’s History Month to ensure that the history of American women will be recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces, and communities throughout the country. 

The stories of women's historic achievements present an expanded view of the complexity and contradiction of living a full and purposeful life.

The knowledge of women's history provides a more expansive vision of what a woman can do. This perspective can encourage girls and women to think larger and bolder and can give boys and men a fuller understanding of the female experience.

More information on

• International Women's Day, March 8
• Women in the United States

• National Women’s History Month Project