Today is International Women’s Day; its origins trace back to protests in US and Europe to honor and fight for the political rights for working women. The month of March has been declared the National Women’s history month and with school breaks it’s a great time to combine a weekend trip and a history lesson.
Arizona Women’s Heritage Trail
Arizona Women’s Heritage Trail will document the multicultural layers of women’s experiences — personal, social, political, and economic – in the land now known as Arizona. The Trail will encourage public awareness of women’s presence in, and contributions to, the Southwest and the nation.
Autry National Center of the American West, Boulder, CO
The Women of the West Museum is part of the ANCAW’s exploration of the experiences and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West, connecting the past with the present to inform our shared future.
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail tells the diverse and remarkable stories of some of Boston’s female patriots, intellectuals, abolitionists, suffragists, artists and writers spanning four centuries, and forever weaves Boston women back into the fabric of the “city upon a hill.”
International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.), San Francisco CA
International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.) has an ambitious mission: to value the lives of women around the world.
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center’s mission is to preserve the past, understand the present, and shape the future by recognizing, respecting, and transmitting the experiences and contributions of Maryland women and girls.
Molly Brown House Museum, Denver, CO
Molly Brown House Museum’s mission is to accurately portray the story of Margaret Tobin Brown, who was a witness and an active agent in the profound changes caused by industrialization, technological innovations, social reform movements and the shifting role of women during the first decades of the 20th century.
National Collaborative of Women’s History Sites
National Collaborative of Women’s History Sites supports and promotes the preservation and interpretation of sites and locales that bear witness to women’s participation in American life. The Collaborative makes women’s contributions to history visible so that all women’s experiences and potential are fully valued.
Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls.
Historic Resource Study, Major historic narrative, bibliographical study, and cultural resource survey, resulting in a new National Register nomination for Women’s Rights National Historical Park. Funded by National Park Service.
Clara Barton National Historic Site museum, Glen Echo, MD
Join the National Park Service for a free special event in honor of both Women’s History Month and Red Cross Month at Clara Barton National Historic Site on Sunday, March 21, from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Reserve your spot to enjoy a performance of ―Clara Barton: Red Cross Angel,‖ a solo, interactive, and fun play by award-winning Actor Mary Ann Jung, which will be held from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
San Diego Women’s Museum and Educational Center’s, San Diego, CA
San Diego Women’s Museum and Educational Center’s mission is to educate and inspire present and future generations about the experience and contributions of women, collecting, preserving, and interpreting the evidence of that experience.
Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, Washington DC
Sewall-Belmont House and Museum explores the evolving role of women and their contributions to society through the continuing, and often untold, story of women’s pursuit for equality.
Women at Work Museum
Women at Work Museum honors the achievements of women throughout history, provide educational programs that promote leadership, economic independence, and expertise in math, science, engineering and technology, and recognize the efforts of individuals and organizations that support equity in education and in the workplace.
Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future, Dallas, TX
Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future brings to life the voices, talents, achievements, aspirations and stories of women of the past, present and future, and provides a home for programs and exhibits where people can honor the past and explore the contributions of women throughout history.
March Highlights in US Women’s History
- March 1, 1978 – Women’s History Week is first observed in Sonoma County, California
- March 1, 1987 – A Congressional resolution designating March as Women’s History Month is passed
- March 4, 1917 – Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) took her seat as the first female member of Congress
- March 8 – International Women’s Day; its origins trace back to protests in US and Europe to honor and fight for the political rights for working women
- March 11, 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed as the first woman U.S. Attorney General
- March 12, 1912 – Juliette Gordon Low assembled 18 girls together in Savannah, Georgia, for the first-ever Girl Scout meeting
- March 13, 1986 – Susan Butcher won the first of 3 straight and 4 total Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races in Alaska
- March 17, 1910 – Camp Fire Girls is established as the first American interracial, non-sectarian organization for girls
- March 20, 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is published and becomes the best-selling book of the 19 th century
- March 21, 1986 – Debi Thomas becomes first African American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship
- March 23, 1917 – Virginia Woolf establishes the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf
- Mar 31, 1888 – The National Council of Women of the U.S. is organized by Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sojourner Truth, among others; it is the oldest non-sectarian women’s organization in U.S.
- Mar 31, 1776 – Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence: “Remember the ladies…”
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