National Women's History Month

MARCH is National Women’s History Month-Presidential and Congressional Support
The first steps toward success came in February 1980 when President Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th 1980 as National Women's History Week. In the same year, Representative Barbara Mikulski, who at the time was in the House of Representatives, and Senator Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a Congressional Resolution for National Women's History Week 1981. This co-sponsorship demonstrated the wide-ranging political support for recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the achievements of American women.

I have chosen to celebrate Lena Horne Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. She is an American singer and actress.1934...... Started working for "The Cotton Club" as a dancer. Lena was in "Dance With Your Gods" show on Broadway as the Quadroon Girl.1943...... Lena's had three movies released within the first 6 months: Swing Fever, Cabin In The Sky and Stormy Weather. She was also in Magazines like Time, Life and Newsweek. In the movie "Stormy Weather" the title song would later become one of her signature songs. She became the pin-up girl for Black G.I.'s.


*Information from-IMB.com and http://www.lena-horne.com/