Women's History Month grew out of a weeklong commemoration by Jimmy Carter in 1980

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Here's the backstory behind Women's History Month, which grew out of a weeklong commemoration by President Jimmy Carter.

In 1978, Sonoma County, Calif.

,At the time, women's history was"virtually an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in general public consciousness," according to theThe idea quickly spread to other counties and organizations across the country that held their own events about women's history, and a group of advocates began lobbying for a national Women's History Week.

 

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