Women's History Month

Today is the beginning of Women's History Month.  It will endure throughout the month of March.  What are the origins of Women's History Month?  According to History.com, Women's History Month grew out of a weeklong celebration of women's contributions to culture, history, and society organized by the school district of Sonoma, California in 1978.  Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students participated in a "Real Woman" essay contest and a parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa. 

A few years later the idea of celebrating women's history had caught on within communities, school districts and organizations across the country.  In 1980 President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8th as National Women's History Week.  The U.S. Congress followed suit the next year and passed a resolution establishing a national celebration.  Six years later in 1987 the National Women's History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the celebration the entire month of March.  The rest is history.

Women have made great contributions throughout the history of America.  There are many that have raised families and created a wholesome family atmosphere.  There have been women that have made great contributions to the work force as nurses, teachers, business women, etc.  Women have proven they have the ability to excel in a career just as a man can.  However, today's society tells women that they must go out into the work force to compete with men and enjoy a satisfying career.  Women are made to feel that their contributions in a corporation or in Congress are more valuable than the most important job they have on earth, which is to raise a family.  I do recognize there are women who have no choice to work outside the home given circumstances beyond their control such as the death of a husband, sickness of their husband, etc.  I feel for those that must work outside the home due to family circumstances.  However, the greatest contribution a woman can make is to fulfill the Biblical role of wife and mother.  Nothing's more valuable than that.  God designed for the husband to be the head of the women.  The husband is also to provide for his own household.  The wife is to love her husband and bare children and raise them for the glory of God.  That's God's will for married women (Titus 2:3-5).  Those mothers that stay home and raise their children are performing the most valuable service any woman could perform.  There's not a greater contribution that a mother can make than to raise her family for the glory of God. 

Last year Glenn Beck aired the "Founders' Friday" series for several weeks on Fox News.  One of the programs he aired last June was about "Women Founders of the American Revolution."  He had David Barton as his guest and they were speaking about the women that played a valuable role in America's War for Independence.  There were women that played a vital role in supporting the war effort.  Some of the women that supported the war effort were Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams and future First Lady, Mercy Otis Warren, and Molly Pitcher, to name a few.  This month I'll be featuring posts on some of the women who played a valuable role in the American Revolution.  There are some interesting facts concerning each of these women in the role they played in supporting the war effort.  I believe you will find it very informative and interesting.