https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6573882&GUID=EBE36161-D5F3-4B9E-89EC-0FACB93C9CCFLegistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=6573882&GUID=EBE36161-D5F3-4B9E-89EC-0FACB93C9CCFEBE36161-D5F3-4B9E-89EC-0FACB93C9CCF-2024-03-18-20-33-41Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING MARCH AS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH WHEREAS, Women’s History Month is celebrated yearly from March 1 to March 31; and WHEREAS, Women’s History Month is dedicated to reflecting the contributions of women to the United States (U.S) history; and WHEREAS, Women’s History Month has its origin as Women’s History Week, which was organized by the school district of Sonoma, California, in 1978; and WHEREAS, in 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8th as National Women’s History Week, and the following year it was passed by the U.S Congress; and WHEREAS, in 1987, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP), now known as the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA), a not-for-profit organization founded to promote multicultural women’s history awareness, successfully petitioned to have Congress expand the recognition to the entire month of March; and WHEREAS, since then, other countries have joined the U.S in honoring women and their contributions to history and culture; and WHEREAS, fMon, 18 Mar 2024 20:33:41 GMT