March is National Women's History Month!

Hooray for March, Women's History Month! In like a Lion, out like a Lamb? I rather like to think we remain Linoesses no matter the month.

Visit the National Women's History Project for fun facts and information. NWHP has a celebration in NYC, and this year's theme is Women's Art/Women's Vision. From the NWHP website:

To honor the originality, beauty, imagination, and multiple dimensions of women’s lives, we have chosen Women’s Art: Women’s Vision as the 2008 theme for National Women’s History Month.

The history of women and art is quintessential women’s history. It is the story of amazing women’s accomplishments acclaimed at the time but written out of history. Join us in ensuring that their accomplishments are never forgotten.

This year’s theme provides a special opportunity to discover and celebrate women’s visual arts in a variety of forms and mediums that help expand our perceptions of ourselves and each other.

To see their list of honorees, please visit the website linked above. Perhaps you can have your own Women Warriors celebrations!

Here are a few famous dates and birthdays in Women's (recent) History:

March 1, 1864
Rebecca Lee of Boston became the first African American woman to earn a medical degree.
March 4
Mothering Day (England), the original Mother's Day.
Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives
March 7, 1870
Women were allowed on juries in Wyoming for the first time although the right did not last and was taken away until the mid 1950's.
March 8, 1911
The first International Women's Day was celebrated in Europe
March 12, 1993
Janet Reno became the first woman US Attorney General.
March 31, 1776
Abigail Adams wrote her famous "Remember the ladies" letter to her husband, John, urging him to include women as he helped construct the US Constitution.
Famous Women born in March

1
DINAH SHORE (1931-1994) SINGER, WOMEN'S SPORTS SPONSOR
MYRLIE EVERS-1933-POLITICIAN, AUTHOR, EDUCATOR. COMMISSIONER OF LOS ANGELES BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
2
JENNIFER JONES-1919-ACTRESS, CIVIC WORKER
KAREN ANNE CARPENTER (1950-?) SINGER
3
BEATRICE WOOD-1893-POTTER, ARTIST, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989
JEAN HARLOW (1911-37)-SCREEN ACTRESS OF 30'S AND 40'S
5
LEONTINE T.G. KELLY-1920-1ST BLACK WOMAN BISHOP (METHODIST)
MARY ROSE OAKAR-1940-CONGRESSWOMAN
6
VALENTINA TERESHROVA-1937-FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE (RUSSIAN)
7
JUNE WAYNE-1918-ARTIST, LITHOGRAPHER, TEACHER. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989.
JANET GUTHRIE-1938-RACE CAR DRIVER. FIRST WOMAN TO RACE IN INDIANAPOLIS 500
8
ELSIE AGNES GIORGI-1911-PHYSICIAN, HUMANITARIAN
10
HARRIET TUBMAN (c. 1820-DIED THIS DATE, 1913) EMANCIPATOR, LED HUNDREDS TO SAFETY THROUGH UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, WHICH SHE ESTABLISHED
11
ELENI GATZOYIANNIS (1907-1948) HEROINE WHO GAVE HER LIFE TO SEE THAT HER CHILDREN ESCAPED FROM FACISTS TO FREEDOM IN US. TRIBUTE TO MOTHERTHOOD, LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1989. NAMESAKE, "ELENI" AWARD.
12
LIZA MINNELLI-1946-SINGER, ACTRESS, DANCER
LUPE ANGUIANO-1929-MEXICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
13
JANET FLANNER (1892-1978) JOURNALIST. CORRESPONDENT FOR NEW YORKER FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. ONE OF FEW WOMEN TO BE AWARDED FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR.
CORINNE BOGGS-1916-POLITICIAN, POLITICAL ADMINISTRATOR
FAYE GLENN ABDELLAN-1918-US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, HEALTH SERVICES
PATRICIA W. AMICONE-1938-EDUCATOR-MIDWIFFERY/FAMILY PLANNING
14
DIANE ARBUS (1923-71) PHOTOGRAPHER AND INNOVATOR
15
LADY ISABELLA GREGORY (1852-1932)-PLAYWRIGHT. MAJOR LITERARY FIGURE IN IRISH LITERATURE.
CAROLINE HERSCHEL (1750-1848) ASTRONOMER, DISCOVERER
16
RUTH BADER GINSBERG-1933-FORMER JUDGE, ASSOC. JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT
BERTHA KNOX GILKEY-1949-WELFARE AND TENAMENT RIGHTS FOR URBAN WOMEN
18
UNITA BLACKWELL-1933-POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK MAYOR IN MISSISSIPPI.
21
CHARLOTTE BRONTE (1816-1840) NOVELIST, POET
23
JOAN CRAWFORD-(1908-1977)-ACTRESS
FANNIE FARMER (1857-1915)-COOKERY EXPERT
LAURA THORNE-1956-CHEF,NAMED ONE OF 10 BEST AMERICAN CHEFS
24
DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT-1922-SOCIOLOGIST. PRESIDENT, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN, AN ORGANIZATION OF 4 MILLION WOMEN
25 GLORIA STEINEM-1934-WRITER, EDITOR. CO-FOUNDER,MS MAGAZINE. LEADER AND INTERNATIONALSPOKESPERSON FOR MODERN WOMEN'S EQUALITY MOVEMENT. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1985.
EDNA JO HUNTER-1923-EXPERT ON MILITARY FAMILIES AND PRISONERS OF WAR; FIRST WOMAN NAMED AS DISTINGUISHED MILITARY PSYCHOLOGIST OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN. SERVED ON FACULTY OF US MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1992.
ARETHA FRANKLIN-1942-SINGER
FLANNERY O'CONNOR-1925-1964) SHORT STORY WRITER
26
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR-1930-FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE OF U.S. SUPREME COURT
DIANA ROSS-1944-SINGER
27
ANNEMARIE PROBELL-1953-CHAMPION SKIER
28
REBA MC ENTIRE-1955-COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER
29
PEARL BAILEY (1918-1992) SINGER, ENTERTAINER, U.N.DELEGATE, HUMANITARIAN. LLA 1989.
JULIA MONTGOMERY WALSH-1923-POLITICAL CONSULTANT, WRITER
30
LESLIE JOAN CORN-1949-THEATRE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER
31
LIZ CLAIBORNE-1929-FASHION EXECUTIVE