Women's History Month began as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress asked the president to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982, as "Women's History Week."

Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as "Women's History Week."

In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women's History Project, Congress passed legislation designating the month of March 1987 as "Women's History Month." Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the president to proclaim March of each year as Women's History Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as "Women's History Month."

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