THE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH BEGAN IN 1978 IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. IN 1981, SENATOR ORRIN HATCH (R-UTAH) AND REP. BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MD) CAME TOGETHER, HELPING WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY WEEK, THE WEEK INCLUDING MARCH 8TH. BY 1987, CONGRESS DECLARED MARCH AS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH! By Monisa Information found at: (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womensintro1.html)