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1978: The Sonoma County Commission on Women in California initiated the first Women’s History Week, which aligned with International Women’s Day on March 8th. This local celebration laid the foundation for future national recognition of women’s history. A group of women, including Molly Murphy MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett, and Bette Morgan (pictured below), noticed the absence of women in educational texts and became inspired by Sonoma County’s efforts to address this issue. These women later founded the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) in 1980, with the goal of bringing women’s history into the mainstream and expanding the concept of Women’s History Week nationwide.
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