[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: March 17, 1994]
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                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate women's History 
Month.
  I was the chair of the Sonoma County Commission on the status of 
women in California when ``Women's History Week'' was developed. So, in 
a way, I was the midwife at the birth of this wonderful idea.
  Later, in 1980, the National Women's History Project was founded in 
my district to promote women's history programs and provide women's 
history materials to schools and organizations nationwide.
  The project helps students and teachers across America gain true 
appreciation for the many accomplishments of American women in building 
our Nation.
  Now, the entire month of March is recognized as National Women's 
History Month, and special programs, supported by the National Women's 
History Project, have been organized by libraries, museums, Federal 
offices, military bases, schools, and community groups from coast to 
coast to celebrate the place of women in history.
  Mr. Speaker, I am tremendously proud of my friends and colleagues 
from Sonoma County who have reclaimed women's history for our 
country.

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