Last Updated: February 29, 2024
To celebrate this year’s Women’s History Month, observed throughout the month of March, Team AgLearn is providing information and resources to help all users learn more about this annual commemoration.
Background
Women’s History Month has its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 External Link which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week of 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 Pub. L. 100-9 External Link which designated 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 have issued annual proclamations designating the month of March as Women’s History Month. These proclamations celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of US-American history in a variety of fields.
More information and resources about Women’s History Month External Link
Event
Marji Alaniz: Women's History Month
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 2 PM - 3 PM EST
About: This event will feature guest speaker: Marji Alaniz, founder of FarmHer. Ms. Alaniz, will share her story of inspiration and finding passion through FarmHer, and the movement she founded to celebrate women in agriculture. We will journey with her, experiencing the stories of the strong and impactful women farmers and ranchers featured on the FarmHer TV and radio shows. Through these stories you will connect with the women of FarmHer and leave with a deeper appreciation for the place of women in the culture of Agriculture.
AgLearn Resources
- Learning Path: Women in Leadership External Link
- Course: Strategies for Female Empowerment External Link
- Course: Success Strategies for Women in the Workplace External Link
- Course: Inclusive Female Leadership External Link
- Course: Becoming a Male Ally at Work External Link
- Learning Channel: Women in Leadership External Link
- Audiobook: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live External Link
- eBook: We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives External Link
- Aspire Journey: Forging New Paths: Women's Advancement in Life and Work External Link