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Women's History Month March 2003

The theme for National Women's History Month, March 2003, is Women Pioneering the Future. With this theme, we honor pioneering women who led and won struggles for equality and civil rights; created and advanced educational and professional opportunities; and made great contributions to the arts, sciences, and humanistic causes.

The National Women's History Project (NWHP) has selected women exemplary of the many women who inspire us. We are honored to introduce these women who serve as role models in pioneering our future by wholeheartedly meeting challenges in their present.

Women's History Month Celebration Archive
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National Women's History Month Honorees

The 2003 National Women's History Project Honorees, in alphabetical order, are:

International Women's Day - March 8 2003

International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for "liberty, equality, fraternity" marched on Versailles to demand women's suffrage.

• United Nations: International Women's Day is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.
• National Women's History Project: International Women's Day has retained much of the political focus and vitality that marked its inception over eighty years ago. The official holiday had its modest beginnings in 1908.
• A History of International Women's Day in words and images
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus
• Herstories from the Australian Women's Intra Network
• Afghan women celebrate new freedoms on International Women's Day
• World Neighbors: Working in marginalized rural communities where the situation is dire for almost everyone within these communities, but it is especially grave for certain groups of people, including women. Because of cultural and traditional discrimination, women and other vulnerable groups are often excluded from development opportunities.

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