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WHC Report 11/01/00 Honoring Our Past Report and Recommendations Prepared by The President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History November 15, 2000 “Only by studying the history of America’s women - their triumphs and their struggles - can we truly understand the history of America.” —- Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton February 18, 2000 Honoring Our Past Report and Recommendations prepared by the President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History November 15, 2000 Commission Co-Chairs: Ann Lewis and Beth Newburger Commission Members:Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, J. Michael Cook, Dr. Barbara Goldsmith, LaDonna Harris, Gloria Johnson, Dr. Elaine Kim, Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Irene Wurtzel “The Commission shall make recommendations to the President, through the Co-Chairs of the Commission, on ways to best acknowledge and celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women in American history” — Executive Order 13090: Establishing the President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History July 2, 1998 Executive Order 13090 established a history by extending the life of the received in the open meetings of the “other half” of our diverse history into Presidential Commission to Commission to December 31, 2000. Commission, by letter and through focus is more than important. It is recommend how America should The President took this our Website. essential for the future of our recognize the contributions of unprecedented step to provide time democracy. women to the creation and for the Commission to explore the The work of the Commission was not development of our country. In implementation of the an ordinary process. We met as a Throughout the two years in which establishing the President’s recommendations outlined in their diverse group of women whose the Commission deliberated, we were Commission on the Celebration of March 1, 1999 report. interests in celebrating the historic greeted with universal enthusiasm Women in American History (the contributions of our sisters was clear. around the country. In each meeting, Commission), William Jefferson The following report provides an As a Commission, and as participants expressed their Clinton became the first President to overview of the Commission’s individuals, our work has had appreciation for the leadership of the recognize the importance of women’s findings and the actions a profound impact on us. President and First Lady in making historical contributions to our nation. taken by the Commission Like all of those who this work possible. The to implement our testified before us, we too Commissioners join these leaders in In July, 1999, President Clinton took recommendations. The have changed in our own expressing our appreciation for the another historic step toward activities and further feelings about the significance of privilege of contributing to this incorporating women’s achievements recommendations offered in this the Commission’s mission. Today, important effort to tell the whole story into the mainstream of American report are based on the suggestions we understand that bringing the of America’s history. increase in the inclusion of women’s partnerships to fund challenge grants. commission is to determine and FINDINGS history in elementary and secondary The Commission was also asked to recommend to the Secretary of the school curricula. Credit was given to create official recognition of projects Interior what sites of importance to While professional historians, The National Women’s History Project that could be used to lend credibility women should be preserved. We are archivists, and academicians drive for raising the national awareness of to funding requests. equally proud of the leadership in the recognition and documentation the importance of women’s history by honoring women of history by federal of women’s lives, much of the work creating March as National Women’s Despite the absence of funding agencies, including the National Parks in site preservation and community History Month. The National sources, we found a growing body of Service of the Department of the celebrations has traditionally been Women’s History Project was cited information in new books, articles Interior, the National Archives, the undertaken by dedicated volunteers again and again as a national resource and journals, a coordinating council Department of Education, the General and community activists. Once deserving greater support. for women in history to encourage Services Administration, NASA, Library again, the challenge to bring history networking at local and national of Congress, and the Millennium home to our local communities was Women’s history organizations and levels, and conferences for historians Council. broadly supported by volunteers. historians in both the public and and historic sites. There is more The General Federation of Women’s private sectors often equated attention to the importance of As the appreciation for the value of Clubs is an excellent example of an “support” to a need for underwriting. preserving the papers of women recognizing women’s history organization that embraced the The Commission found that along pioneers, an increasing emphasis on increases, we found an even greater Commission’s suggestions for with a growing interest in the field of oral history projects to preserve the demand: community involvement. Not only women’s history, there is a parallel stories of women in every walk of • more public recognition of the did the GFWC invite the growth in the need for funding to life, and an increasing number of contributions women have made Commission to meet jointly with support the research, documentation, television dramas on both Public to building this country their national board, but they also and resulting projects that such Broadcasting Stations and Lifetime • more emphasis on bringing history encouraged their local clubs to interest spawns. At every meeting cable television dealing with to life by connecting exciting undertake at least one of our and in the majority of our notable American women. academic discoveries with recommended projects. The result correspondence, we heard community celebrations, school is that communities from American the case for financial aid. There is also a growing classrooms and the popular culture Samoa to Arizona benefited from Suggestions included trend to preserve women’s • more attention to ways in which new women’s history projects establishing an annual historical sites. Congress as we honor our past, we driven by a local GFWC chapter. women’s history fundraising acknowledged our need to focus acknowledge the role that women event, creating a women’s history attention on these sites by creating have played, and imagine a future Along with an increase in community granting organization, and the Women’s Progress Commemorative in which women’s lives and activism, the Commission found an developing public-private Commission. The purpose of our sister achievements are fully valued. COMMISSION REPORT 1 We Recommended: dual goals of creating awareness and As an agenda for the nation’s capital, Women’s Suffrage Amendment and Overview of Recommendations to documenting the contributions of the Commission recommended created a national millennial President William Jefferson Clinton women to American life. This millennial designating a women’s history site in celebration of women’s history March 1, 1999 agenda begins at the national level, Washington, D.C. and creating an month in Washington, D.C. reaches across the country with 10 important millennial celebration of To develop the recommendations recommendations for states, Women’s History Month. We recognize that ours is a work in required by Executive Order 13090 communities and local organizations, progress. While many of our and included in the report to the recommends a focal point in the During our second year, we recommendations have been President filed on March 1, 1999, the nation’s capitol and provides a continued to meet in public sessions adopted and creatively adapted, we President’s Commission on the challenge to the popular culture. across the country. These sessions believe that there are underlying Celebration of Women in American were conducted to elicit both principles that must be History traveled to every region of the At the national level, the Commission feedback on our recommendations acknowledged and addressed. country. In each, the Commission recommended designing and and ideas for implementing them. 1. There is an urgent need for held open meetings and solicited displaying a travelling exhibit, writing We broadened our audience through funding to continue the research ideas from historians, archivists, and distributing a how-to community media interviews with mass-market and documentation required to activists, academics, business handbook, and building a national print and broadcast outlets. The interweave women’s history into leaders, students and many others. umbrella women’s history website. Commission Co-Chairs also accepted the nation’s history. We heard testimony from people several invitations to speak on behalf 2. There is acknowledgement who came to volunteer ideas and At the community level, the of our recommendations. among women’s organizations from those who interacted with us via Commission recommended ten that leadership from the White our website. specific activities that local The response to our efforts was House through a permanent organizations could undertake. positive
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