national women's herstory month--theme--weaving the story of women's lives
2015 Theme: Weaving the Stories of Womens Lives
2015 Theme: This years theme presents the opportunity to weave womens stories individually and collectively into the essential fabric of our nations history.
Accounts of the lives of individual women are critically important because they reveal exceptionally strong role models who share a more expansive vision of what a woman can do. The stories of womens lives, and the choices they made, encourage girls and young women to think larger and bolder, and give boys and men a fuller understanding of the female experience. Knowing womens achievements challenges stereotypes and upends social assumptions about who women are and what women can accomplish today.
There is a real power in hearing womens stories, both personally and in a larger context. Remembering and recounting tales of our ancestors talents, sacrifices, and commitments inspires todays generations and opens the way to the future.
2015 is also the 35th anniversary of the Womens History Movement and the National Womens History Project. We are proud that, after decades of dedicated research and technological advances, the stories of American women from all cultures and classes are accessible and visible as never before. Numerous scholars and activists helped shape the Womens History Movement, and also provided the research and energy which created and sustains the National Womens History Project. During 2015, we recognize and celebrate the many ways that womens history has become woven into the fabric of our national story.
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http://www.nwhp.org/womens-history-month/theme/