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March is National Women's History Month - 11 Ways to Celebrate |
| Susan Dunn |
March is National Women's History Month and this year's theme is "Women Change America."
During this month, we honor and recognize the role American women played in transforming culture, history and politics as leaders, writers, scientists, educators, politicians, artists, historians, and informed citizens.
Here are some ways you can join in the celebration:
1. Check out the list of women being honored, and educate yourself about these women and their contributions.
2. Then express your own opinion and talk about the women who weren't nominated – maybe your neighbor, maybe your mother, maybe yourself!
Here are two websites to get you started. (1) Notable Women Ancestors is looking for you. It's comprised of women's biographies and genealogical data of notable women in history and not-so-famous women submitted by actual living descendants. (2) The National Women's History Project is another resource and site that's looking to hear from women. They say, "We want to document the important and inspiring moments of a grassroots movement that has changed America and changed the way our culture understands the importance of women as a force in history.
3. Order the official poster for National Women's History Month and display it proudly.
4. Encourage your City Council to make a proclamation for Women's History month. Here's a sample proclamation.
5. Order these placemats (and other celebrational items) and take them to work, to your children's school cafeteria, to your place of worship, to your favorite neighborhood bistro, or anywhere they can be used. Banners, buttons and balloons also available.
6. Check out the power contact websites listed here for working women, and add your own.
7. Read about these great women's museums and then go visit one near you: National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Ft. Worth, Tx.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, DC; Women of the West Museum, in Denver, Colorado; International Women's Air and Space Museum, in Dayton, Ohio; U.S. Army Women's Museum, in Fort Lee, Virginia.
8. Read about women inventors, i.e., female ingenuity.
9. Become familiar with all the women who have won the Pulitzer prize and pass the word on. Here are just a few: Sara Teasdale, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Wendy Wasserstein, and more.
10. While you're there, take a look at the women who have won the Nobel Prize. Start with Madame Curie, two-time winner - in 1903 in physics, and in 1911, for chemistry. Then her daughter won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935.
11. How about some reading and the doing some book reviews to spread the knowledge. You can start with "To Love This Life," quotations by Hellen Keller. Then read with your daughter or to her, "A Picture Book of Helen Keller". Then help your daughter make her own listmania of books she's read about women.
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| About the Author |
©2005 All rights reserved
Susan Dunn, San Antonio, TX, USA
http://www.susandunn.cc
Susan Dunn, MA, Psychology, Emotional Intelligence Coach, http://www.susandunn.cc . Coaching, Internet courses and ebooks around emotional intelligence for career, relationships, transitions, resilience, personal and professional development. Mailto: sdunn@susandunn.cc for free ezine.
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