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Women’s History Month

March 16, 2021

It’s Women’s History Month. Since 1987, Women’s History Month has been observed during March in the United States. This year’s theme is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture, and society.

History of Women’s History Month

The actual celebration of Women’s History Month grew out of a week-long celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history, and society organized by the school district of Sonoma, California, in 1978. Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students participated in a “Real Woman” essay contest, and a parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa.

A few years later, the idea had caught on within communities, school districts, and organizations across the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. The U.S. Congress followed suit the next year, passing a resolution establishing a national celebration. Six years later, the National Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire month of March.

Women’s History Month is a dedicated month to reflect on the often-overlooked contributions of women to United States history. From Abigail Adams to Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth to Rosa Parks, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Hillary Clinton, the timeline of women’s history milestones stretches back to the founding of the United States. (History)

Wisconsin’s Women of Conservation

They is more to do. Graphic illustration by National Women’s History Alliance

Wisconsin women have significantly contributed to the continuing knowledge and practice of the conservation ethic by engaging in education, scientific, literary, historical, and charitable pursuits that recognize the principles of the conservation movement, as featured by the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame.

According to Data USA, 78.5 percent of conservation scientists and foresters in the U.S. are male. As recently as the 1940s, there were almost no women working professionally in Wisconsin conservation. (Schlitz Audubon Nature Center)

Some of Wisconsin’s outstanding women:

Nina Leopold Bradley Inducted 2013

Ruth Clusen inducted 2002

Emily Earley inducted 2010

Frances Hamerstrom inducted 1996

Ruth Hine

Wilhelmine La Budde inducted 1990

Ingebord “Ingie” Lother inducted 2018

Charlotte Lukes inducted 2018

Karen Oberhauser

Lorrie Otto inducted 1999

Pearl Pohl inducted 1991

Katherine Rill

Aroline Schmitt inducted 2019

Christine Thomas inducted 2017

Olive Thomson

Emma Toft

Dorothy Vallier inducted 1996

Milly Zantow inducted 2017

As Kamala Harris said, at the victory speech at Wilmington, Delaware: “Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourselves in a way that others may not, simply because they’ve never seen it before, but know that we will applaud you every step of the way.” I wish for you to be everything that you have dreamed about.

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The e-mail photo is by Donna VanBuecken.

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Comments

  1. Lucy Valitchka says

    March 19, 2021 at 9:00 pm

    Donna, Thanks for remembering the women who have made a difference in history, even though it took a long time to start getting recognition.

    I really like the quote from Kamala Harris above.

    Reply
    • Donna VanBuecken says

      March 24, 2021 at 11:23 am

      I do too, Lucy. There is more to do! — Donna

      Reply

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