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Celebrate Women’s History Month

Published: February 25, 2021

2021

Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture, and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987.

We celebrate Women's History Month to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to United States history. The actual celebration of Women’s History Month grew out of a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions in 1978. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. 7 years later, the event expanded to the entire month of March.

five different looking women standing under the words "Women's History Month"

Book Lists

link to "Women's History" booklist

Women's History

link to "Women's Suffrage" booklist

Women's Suffrage

link to "Black Women in America" booklist

Black Women in America

link to "Working Women" booklist

Working Women

link to "Women in Hollywood and Television" booklist

Women in Hollywood and Television

Girls Can

Women's History Month with Smithsonian Library & Archives

Celebrate Women's History Month with Art and Fun Activities

In Partnership with Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Pick up a Take and Make Craft Bag each week and join us online to craft together, listen to music, and get special information about fascinating American women. Supplies are limited! So if we run out, or you can't make it to the library, you can print out and gather your own materials for each week's craft:

  • March 4 - Artist and Activist Info Sheet and Collage Portrait Tutorial PDF (in English and Spanish)
  • March 11 - Strength in Science Info Sheet PDF & Fizzy Paintings Tutorial PDF (in English and Spanish)
  • March 18 - By Air and By Sea Info Sheet & Balloon Hovercraft Tutorial PDF (in English and Spanish)
  • March 25 - Resistance and Resilience Info Sheet PDF & Triangle Building Blocks Tutorial PDF (in English and Spanish)
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Events at the Library

Highlights of Women's History in Arlington

Arlington Voices: white wave form on red background

Oral History: An Interview with Lilli Vincenz

1920s advertisement for Arlington Beach Amusement Park

Oral History: An Interview with Ruth Jones

Photo of Elizabeth Campbell

Oral History: Interview with Elizabeth Campbell

Link to oral history blog post.

Oral History: Interview with Ruth “Cas” Cocklin

Joan Cooper with George H.W. Bush

Nauck Activist Joan Cooper

Photo of a woman in traditional native american clothing

Rediscover Zitkála-Šá

Birdie Alston's birthday poster with balloons

Happy 100th Birthday, Birdie Alston!

black and white photo of Grace Hopper in her office in 1978, in Naval uniform, arms crossed

Rediscover Grace Murray Hopper

photo of Dorothy Ham, a beautiful black woman wearing pearl earings and a necklace, smiling at the camera

A Fight for Educational Equality: Civil Rights Activist Dorothy Hamm

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Angel of the Battlefield: Humanitarian Clara Barton

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The Old Bay-Eva Castle of Arlington

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Oral History: LGBTQ Activist Lilli Vincenz

16 of their biggest hits plus five pages of story and photos.

America’s First All-Women Swing Band Lived in Arlington

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Portia Haskins: Taking a Stand

Campaign flyer for Kathryn Stone, candidate for House of Delegates in 1959.

Kathryn Stone: Speaking Out

Highlights of the Fight for the 19th Amendment

Mary Church Terrell

On This Day in 19th Amendment History: Mary Church Terrell

National Deaf Life museum, at Chapel Hall Gallaudet University

This Week in 19th Amendment History: Agatha Tiegel Hanson

Brinley Hall Postcard

This Week in 19th Amendment History: National Woman’s Rights Convention

Suffrage protest 1917

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

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This Week in 19th Amendment History: The Night of Terror

Sojouner Truth feat

This Week in 19th Amendment History: The Death of Sojourner Truth

photo of Esther Morris

This Week in 19th Amendment History: Wyoming Day

Womans Journal 3

This Week in 19th Amendment History: First Issue of The Woman’s Journal

Zitkála-Šá 1

This Week in 19th Amendment History: The Death of Zitkála-Šá

Portrait of Hallie

This Week in 19th Amendment History: Hallie Quinn Brown

Suffragist Parade

This Week in 19th Amendment History: Suffragist Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

Executive Commitee

This Week in 19th Amendment History: Shifts and Splits in the Suffrage Movement

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This Week in 19th Amendment History: Nannie Helen Burroughs

Ida B. Wells

This Week in 19th Amendment History: Ida B. Wells

Picket Line

This Week in 19th Amendment History: The Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Women Out

This Week in 19th Amendment History: The 19th Amendment is Officially Adopted

February 25, 2021 by Web Editor Filed Under: App, Homepage, News

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