Take Notice

"From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America were as vital as those of the men whose names we know so well."

—President Jimmy Carter’s message to the nation designating March 2-8, 1980 as National Women’s History Week

Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California. The Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women planned and executed a “Women’s History Week” celebration in 1978. The organizers selected the week of March 8th in order to coordinate with International Women’s Day. The movement spread across the country as other communities initiated their own Women’s History Week celebrations the following year.

In 1980, a consortium of women’s groups and historians—led by the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women's History Alliance)—successfully lobbied for national recognition. In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8th as National Women’s History Week. In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women's History Project, Congress passed Public Law 100-9 which designated the month of March as Women's History Month.

Hollis Taggart is pleased to honor the diverse group of women artists, past and present, who have contributed to our gallery programming for over 45 years. Without their contributions we would not be here as a gallery today.

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