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Women have influenced and advanced every facet of American life and culture. The strength, ingenuity, and spirit of our female leaders, innovators, and pioneers shape our Nation’s character, government, industry, families, and communities. During Women’s History Month, we honor the women who have changed our Nation and the world, and we reaffirm our commitment to supporting the next generation of female trailblazers and dreamers as they carry forward this distinguished legacy. This year marks the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, securing the right to vote for women. This milestone in our country was...

Congress has returned from the mid-term elections and members are hammering out the details of the National Defense Authorization Act. NDAA, which has passed for more than 50 years consecutively, provides policy guidance for the U.S. defense budget. The importance of the NDAA to the defense budgeting process and its traditional status as a “must-pass” piece of legislation makes it an inviting target for pet projects and wasteful spending. Unfortunately, as this year’s lame duck session winds down, some lawmakers are trying to end-run the normal legislative process in a rushed, closed-door approach. This presents an opportunity not only to...

What started as a third-grade lesson on the history of women’s fashions ended this week with a lesson in intolerance. As a project for Women’s History Month, a teacher at the Maude Wilkins School in Maple Shade planned to have her students wear outfits showing how women’s clothing styles have evolved through history. Boys could wear pants or jeans and explain how those have been common for women at various times. In a letter to parents, the teacher explained that boys would "not have to wear a dress or skirt." But after one parent posted a complaint online, bloggers began...

LifeNews.com Note: Maria Vitale is Education Director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and a LifeNews.com Opinion Columnist. Vitale has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio.When I was a little girl, I was determined to read every good fiction book in the children's section of the Bexley Public Library in Bexley, Ohio. After I had whizzed through my teacher's list of selections, I'd ask the librarian what she would recommend I read.Ironically, I don't remember many of those tomes--but I do recall reading a biography of early feminist...

President Bush and First Lady, Laura attended an event for Women's History Month and the Celebration of International Womens' Day in the East Room of the White House this morning. Laura introduced her husband before he spoke. Later today, President Bush met with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, Sergei Lavrov at the White House to discuss Iran.He and the First Lady left the White House this afternoon to fly to Waco, Texas, where they will vote in the Texas GOP primary, before heading to New Orleans, Louisiana and Gulfport, Mississippi. (Personal note to whomever schedules these First Couple events at the...

February 08, 2006, 7:54 a.m. Phyllis Schlafly Was Right Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, February 8, 2006The woman has earned a few “I Told You So”s. Most of America's girls typically don't get to celebrate Phyllis Schlafly during "Women's History Month," but they should. Mrs. Schlafly not only had the right idea when she fought the Equal Rights Amendment during the 70s, but predictions she made back then are still accurate today. Schlafly, of course, was head of the National Committee to Stop ERA. And stop it she did — the U.S. Constitution was not amended. She argued that...

Follow America's daughters back in time to see how they made history and watch as today's servicewomen break barriers in the line of duty.Well worth recommending to friends with daughters (and sons, I suppose.) Let the Generations KnowThis is a 30 minute video produced by the Pentagon Channel.

"The great delight from the beginning of Herstory has been the infinite range of women's stories and works that have been discovered, uncovered, rediscovered" Quick - what are the names of the ‘Famous Five’ women? Stumped - don't feel alone. Unfortunately, very few Canadians can answer this question. During the month of October events across Canada hope to bring Women's Herstory to life (the answer can be found at the bottom of the page). Even many women do not realize the rich legacy left to them by a multitude of remarkable women who helped pave the way for women everywhere...

March is Women's History Month. It's a month during which the exploits and accomplishments of women are remembered and celebrated. One group of women who are sometimes overlooked in American history classes, except in their own state, are the women of old Hawaii. Hawaii is especially unique because it had the distinction of being an autonomous kingdom before it became a republic, a United States Territory, and ultimately our 50th State. When European explorers and later New England missionaries encountered Hawaiian women, they were surprised at the social and political freedom which Hawaiian women enjoyed. One of the first things...