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National Women's History Month 2024 

Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

"The National Women’s History Month’s theme for 2024 celebrates 'Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.' The theme recognizes women throughout the country who understand that, for a positive future, we need to eliminate bias and discrimination entirely from our lives and institutions."

From: The National Women's History Alliance 2024 National Women’s History Theme Page

A Proclamation on Women’s History Month, 2024

"During Women’s History Month, we celebrate the courageous women who have helped our Nation build a fairer, more just society."

    "Throughout history, the vision and achievements of powerful women have strengthened our Nation and opened the doors of opportunity wider for all of us.  Though their stories too often go untold, all of us stand on the shoulders of these sung and unsung trailblazers — from the women who took a stand as suffragists, abolitionists, and labor leaders to pioneering scientists and engineers, groundbreaking artists, proud public servants, and brave members of our Armed Forces.      

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2024 as Women’s History Month.  I call upon all Americans to observe this month and to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2024, with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.  I also invite all Americans to visit WomensHistoryMonth.gov to learn more about the vital contributions of women to our Nation’s history. 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth."
                                       

                                                                            JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

From: Presidential  Proclamation on Women’s History Month, 2024