HISTORY MONTH

BY CRISTINA MARTIN

Women’s history month is a time to accentuate and highlight women’s contributions to society and history. Women’s day was first established in 1911 on March 8th and was often overlooked as a holiday. Later, in 1980, it became National Women’s History Week, then soon after that in 1987 it was claimed as Women’s History Month.

There are millions of women to celebrate and many in your life as well. Many discoveries and creations have made great contributions to today’s society. Women’s rights activist Emmeline Pankhurst was most famous for participating with the movement of women’s suffrage, also known as when women were fighting for the right to vote. Many other large activists who had fought for women’s rights and to be treated equally such as Rosa Parks who was an activist in the Montgomery bus boycott movement and was declared the first lady of civil rights and the mother of the freedom movement. Lucretia Mott was an abolitionist and a women’s rights activist in the 1800’s, she spoke against slavery and co-wrote the first woman’s rights convention in history. Lucretia helped to light the fire for the right’s for women to vote and be treated equally.

Theres also WiFi which was contributed and created by Hedy Lamarr, this invention led to bluetooth and GPS. Computer software was created by Grace Hopper. A groundbreaking discovery of stem cell isolation by Ann Tsukamoto. Antifungal drugs were also created by a woman Rachel Fuller Brown and Elizabeth Lee Hazeh, fungal infections are life threatening and occur world wide, this creation has saved thousands of lives. Beer, a very popular and addictive drink that is drunk worldwide, was first created over 7 thousand years ago by women, women were only allowed to drink beer and created breweries.

Just remember that at the end of this history month, that there are many things that women have created.

Ford, a popular automobile manufacturer, had released an advertisement on March 8th, women’s history day. This advertisement featured a new Ford Explorers Men’s only addition, this advertisement highlighted all of the uses on a car women have created are missing. Such as windshield wipers, no heater, no turn signals, no rear view mirror, and no GPS.