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May is Asian – Pacific Islander American Heritage Month

May is Asian – Pacific Islander American Heritage Month This montage includes some of the Asian- Pacific Islander American women we have honored for National Women’s History Month.  The date in parenthesis is the year that she was honored. Row I Karen...

Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month

Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month got its start as a congressional bill, inspired by Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Week, with the mission of bringing attention to the contributions Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made to the history and...

Biographies

Past History Month Honorees The National Women’s History Alliance would like to thank Jennifer Kennedy, Jeanne Robinson, Christie Rubio, and Margaret Zierdt for their work in researching, writing, and editing the paragraphs on the former National Women’s...

2010 Honorees

In 2010, in celebration of our 30th anniversary, we will be highlighting themes and honorees from previous years. Our goal is to recognize the diverse accomplishments of women throughout history. See bios for all the honorees from years past by clicking here 2009:...

May

May Celebrate Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. May Highlights in US Women’s History May 1, 1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, named Library of Congress’s Consultant in Poetry (later called...