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title: "Honoring Women's History Month: Join the Movement"
description: While we celebrate women year-round, we love that there is a month designated to honor women’s contributions to culture, science, history, and society.
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# SpeakInc Blog
# Honoring Women's History Month: Join the Movement
by [Denise Irving](https://blog.speakinc.com/author/denise-irving) | March 1, 2021
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While we celebrate women year-round, we love that there is a month designated to reflect and honor the trailblazers of the past, the courageous women who continue to push boundaries, lead bravely, are bold innovators, and plot a new course for the future. Women’s History Month is the time when we commemorate women’s contributions to culture, science, history, and society.
What began as a weeklong grassroots campaign in 1978 in California, quickly evolved into a celebratory month! In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History week (thank you, President Carter!), and it grew from there. But, leave it to [Oprah](https://www.oprahmag.com/life/a26294031/womens-history-month/) to bring us a poignant illustration of the why, when, where, and current women of today!
Video courtesy of The Heritage Foundation
The [IWD](https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme) 2021 campaign theme for International Women’s Day on March 8th is **#ChooseToChallenge**. It empowers all of us to be responsible for our own thoughts and actions.
> *“A challenged world is an alert world.”*
From challenge comes change. We encourage everyone to join the movement and raise a hand in solidarity to call out inequality and strike the **Choose To Challenge** pose on March 8th. Post your pics on social and make sure to tag us!
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### Written by [Denise Irving](https://blog.speakinc.com/author/denise-irving)
Denise is new to our team, she has an adventurous side, is an outdoor enthusiast hitting trails for runs and races anywhere she can with her companion, Stella, she also loves yoga and cooking. She is extremely passionate and committed to environmental and human rights issues and is the secretary for the Board of Directors for the Shenipsit Striders, a non-profit dedicated to trail stewardship programs in Connecticut and beyond.
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