Here is your guide for research on Feminism and Women's History at the Arthur C. Banks Library. Notice the tabs along the side of the screen, select the one that best matches your informational need.

Susan B. Anthony, Champion of Women's Rights

 Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” These proclamations celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields.

Taken from https://womenshistorymonth.gov

• Bella Abzug
• Susan B. Anthony
• Jane Addams
• Ida B. Wells- Barnett
• Pearl S. Buck
• Shirley Chisholm
• Hillary Clinton
• Marie Curie
• Angela Davis
• Simone de Beauvoir
• Shirin Ebadi
• Marilyn French
• Margaret Fuller
• Indira Gandhi
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Ruth Bader Ginsberg
• Emma Goldman
• Nadine Gordimer
• Dorothy Hodgkin
• Julia Ward Howe
• Barbara Jordan
• Aung San Suu Kyi
• Audre Lord
• Rigoberta Menchu
• Toni Morrison
• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Rosa Parks
• Condoleeza Rice
• Margaret Sanger
• Margaret Chase Smith
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Gloria Steinem
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Mary Church Terrell
• Margaret Thatcher
• Jody Williams
• Oprah Winfrey
• Victoria Woodhull