{"id":793,"date":"2006-03-19T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-19T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2006\/03\/19\/u-s-government-celebrates-womens-history-month\/"},"modified":"2018-07-18T21:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T21:37:38","slug":"u-s-government-celebrates-womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2006\/03\/19\/u-s-government-celebrates-womens-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Celebrates Women&#8217;s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 27, President Bush <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2006\/02\/20060227-5.html\">issued a Proclamation<\/a> celebrating Women&#8217;s History Month (March). Want to know more about the origins of this annual event? Take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhp.org\/about_nwhp\/mission\/mission.html\">National Women&#8217;s History Month Project<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>Many government agencies have created websites and online exhibits celebrating the contributions women have made to our society. Here are some selected sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/library\/womenshistorymonth.asp\">Air Force Link: Women&#8217;s History Month<\/a><br \/>This site includes articles about active-duty personnel and veterans, plus a photo gallery and multimedia persentation.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/awhhtml\/\"><i>American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women&#8217;s History  and Culture in the United States<\/i><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/browse\/ListSome.php?category=African%20American%20History\"><br \/><\/a>This is the online version of a Library Congress guide that was first printed in 2001. It includes information on how to use the physical collection in D.C. and provides guidance on using the online collections.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/free\/w-history.html\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/artandhistory\/history\/common\/generic\/News_Womens_History_Month.htm\">Celebrating Women&#8217;s History Month (U. S. Senate)<\/a><br \/>This site includes biographies on the 33 women who have served as Senators (including the 14 serving now) and a photo gallery.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/specials\/womenshistory\/\">Department of Defense &#8211; Women&#8217;s History Month Homepage<\/a><br \/>From the Website: &#8220;Join the Department of Defense as it observes National Women&#8217;s History Month and salutes the many contributions of American Women to our country.&#8221; Includes links to other Women&#8217;s History Month websites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/free\/w-history.html\">Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Women&#8217;s History Month Resources<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/free\/bhm.html\"><br \/><\/a>This Department of Education site has an annotated list of online exhibits from various universities and government agencies.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/genealogy\/heritage\/african-american\/\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.nps.gov\/nr\/feature\/wom\/\">National Register of Historic Places &#8211; Celebrate Women&#8217;s American History Month 2006<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.nps.gov\/nr\/feature\/afam\/\"><br \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%\">From the website: &#8220;T<\/span>his site showcases <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.nps.gov\/nr\/feature\/wom\/#properties\">historic  properties listed in the National Register<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.nps.gov\/nr\/feature\/wom\/#pubs\">National Register  publications<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cr.nps.gov\/nr\/feature\/wom\/#parks\">National Park units<\/a> commemorating the  events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution  of women to the Nation&#8217;s history.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/Press-Release\/www\/releases\/archives\/facts_for_features_special_editions\/006232.html\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usinfo.state.gov\/scv\/history_geography_and_population\/population_and_diversity\/women_in_the_us\/national_womens_history_month.html\">National Women&#8217;s History Month &#8211; U.S. Department of State<\/a><br \/>The State Department&#8217;s webpage includes a copy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton&#8217;s <a style=\"font-style: italic\" href=\"http:\/\/usinfo.state.gov\/scv\/Archive\/2005\/Jun\/01-930437.html\">Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions<\/a> (1848), as well as an online publication entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/usinfo.state.gov\/products\/pubs\/womeninfln\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Women of Influence<\/span><\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/Press-Release\/www\/releases\/archives\/facts_for_features_special_editions\/006232.html\">U.S. Census Press Release: Women&#8217;s History Month<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/Press-Release\/www\/releases\/archives\/facts_for_features_special_editions\/006088.html\"><strong style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"font-weight: normal\">This annual release contains lots of interesting facts about women in the U.S.<br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking for other resources? <a href=\"http:\/\/langsdale.ubalt.edu\/info_services\/contact.htm\">Contact us<\/a> here at <a href=\"http:\/\/langsdale.ubalt.edu\/index.htm\">Langsdale Library<\/a>, and we&#8217;d be happy to help you!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;color:gray\">Posted by Tami Smith to <a href=\"http:\/\/langsdale.ubalt.edu\/news\/govdocs\/2006\/03\/us-government-celebrates-womens.html\">gov docs<\/a> at 3\/19\/2006 12:20:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 27, President Bush issued a Proclamation celebrating Women&#8217;s History Month (March). 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Many government agencies have created <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2006\/03\/19\/u-s-government-celebrates-womens-history-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  U.S. Government Celebrates Women&#8217;s History Month<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}