Did you know?? March is Woman History month?

Did you know?? March is Woman History month?

In 1987, the National Women’s History Project petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire month of March and was succeed ….    I did not know that.. 

But then again.. these days.. they have special day and now months for everything.

But seriously, I did not know that until last week. Guess I must live under a rock.I have read over the years about some woman.. heck .. many woman, who have done some amazing things.

I am not talking about Gloria or the others of the 1960’s.

I am talking about the woman who did the numbers for the government to make the man go to the moon safely. They made a movie about it about 2 years ago. Until then, no one knew it.

You know about Madame Currie but did you know about  Grace Eldering and Pearl Kendrick who found out how to come up with the vaccine for whooping cough that was killing thousands of children in the 1930’s?

You know about women astronauts but do you know who

Harriet Quimby is? The first woman to fly at night… and so many other things she did.. Hanna Reitsch becomes the first woman to fly a helicopter and the first woman to be licensed as a helicopter pilot .   women who flew planes from bases to bases  during WWII, to be repaired or needed on the front after being built… women… because there was not enough men. Who did not get recognized  until just 8 years ago… most of them passed…  I did get to meet some at Dr. Bird’s museum when he put up a stone with their names on it.

How many woman code breakers and spies during WWII? Can you name? There are many… ones who didn’t see their families for 4 or more years.. due to hiding out in France and etc.

There are a lot of woman who did firsts, but were denied credit until recently,   not getting credit because… they are women… 

 

SO HAPPY WOMEN HISTORY MONTH….