[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9576 of March 1, 2017

Women's History Month, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

We are proud of our Nation's achievements in promoting women's full
participation in all aspects of American life and are resolute in our
commitment to supporting women's continued advancement in America and
around the world.
America honors the celebrated women pioneers and leaders in our history,
as well as those unsung women heroes of our daily lives. We honor those
outstanding women, whose contributions to our Nation's

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life, culture, history, economy, and families have shaped us and helped
us fulfill America's promise.
We cherish the incredible accomplishments of early American women, who
helped found our Nation and explore the great western frontier. Women
have been steadfast throughout our battles to end slavery, as well as
our battles abroad. And American women fought for the civil rights of
women and others in the suffrage and civil rights movements. Millions of
bold, fearless women have succeeded as entrepreneurs and in the
workplace, all the while remaining the backbone of our families, our
communities, and our country.
During Women's History Month, we pause to pay tribute to the remarkable
women who prevailed over enormous barriers, paving the way for women of
today to not only participate in but to lead and shape every facet of
American life. Since our beginning, we have been blessed with courageous
women like Henrietta Johnson, the first woman known to work as an artist
in the colonies; Margaret Corbin, who bravely fought in the American
Revolution; and Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States and
trusted advisor to President John Adams.
We also remember incredible women like Mary Walker, the first woman to
receive the Congressional Medal of Honor; Harriet Tubman, who escaped
slavery in 1849 and went on to free hundreds of others through the
Underground Railroad; Susan B. Anthony, the publisher and editor of The
Revolution and her friend, Dr. Charlotte Lozier, one of the first women
medical doctors in the United States, both of whom advocated for the
dignity and equality of women, pregnant mothers, and their children;
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat accelerated the modern
civil rights movement; Shirley Temple Black, the famous actress turned
diplomat and first chief of protocol for the President of the United
States; Anna Bissell, the first woman CEO in American history; Amelia
Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean; Ella
Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song and the Queen of Jazz; and Sally
Ride, the first American woman astronaut.
America will continue to fight for women's rights and equality across
the country and around the world. Though poverty holds back many women,
America cannot and will not allow this to persist. We will empower all
women to pursue their American dreams, to live, work and thrive in safe
communities that allow them to protect and provide for themselves and
their families.
America is also mindful of the fight that continues for so many women
around the world, where women are often not protected and treated
disgracefully as second-class citizens. America will fight for these
women too, and it will fight to protect young girls who are robbed of
their rights, trafficked around the world, and exploited.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2017 as Women's
History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of March,
in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the

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Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
first.
DONALD J. TRUMP