March 2009 signifies the 23rd annual Women’s History Month. According to the National Women’s History Month Project website (http://www.nwhp.org/whm/history.php), women’s history has been celebrated since the 1970s, when the first “Women’s History Week” was celebrated in Sonoma County, CA. In 1987, the National Women’s History Month Project petitioned Congress to expand the celebration to the entire month of March; the resolution was approved in both the Senate and the House, and March is now nationally celebrated as Women’s History Month.
LSU Libraries has many unique resources for the study of women and women’s history:

18 Indexes & Databases offering resources on women and women’s history, including:

• North American Women’s Letters & Diaries
• North American Women’s Drama
• Women and Social Movements, 1600-2000

Other online resources at the LSU Libraries include:

• The Women’s and Gender Studies Subject Guide
• Louisiana Leaders: Notable Women in History

Be sure to visit Room 53 in Middleton Library, where a Women’s History Month display brightens the basement of the library. Additionally, Women’s History Month activities are taking place all over campus. Check out the Women’s History Month calendar of activities sponsored by the LSU Women’s Center.

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