Several displays celebrating the women of the Georgia National Guard to include Col. Laura Strange, Col. Maria Britt, Col. Iva Wilson-Burke, Chief Warrant Officer Beverly Pack, Sgt. Maj. Jackie McKinney and retired Sgt. Maj. Judy Cole will be present. Guest speaker for the event will be State Rep. Mable Thomas.

In 1979, Molly Murphy MacGregor, then the director of the Sonoma County, Calif., Commission on the Status of Women, was invited to a Women's History Institute at Sarah Lawrence College to discuss the importance of using Women's History Week as a focal celebration to recognize and celebrate women's historic accomplishments.

President Jimmy Carter in March of 1980 issued a presidential Message to the American people, encouraging the recognition and celebration of women's historic accomplishments during the week of March 8, Women's History Week. By the end of 1980, then U.S. Rep Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah had co-sponsored the first Joint Congressional Resolution that declared the week of March 8 in 1981 as National Women's History Week.

In 1980, the National Women's History Project (NWHP) was founded in Santa Rosa, Calif., as a nonprofit corporation by MacGregor, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett, Bette Morgan and Mary Ruthsdotter.

The goal was to provide a national clearinghouse for general information about women's history and for specific information about National Women's History Week celebrations. With the support and curriculum materials generated by the National Women's History Project, many state departments of education promoted programs for National Women's History Week as a means toward achieving a more balance curriculum. Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Alaska and other states developed and distributed curriculum materials and program ideas to all their public schools.

Community-based women's organizations sponsored essay contests and other special programs in their local areas. Within a few years, thousands of schools and communities were celebrating National Women's History Week. These events were supported and encouraged by resolutions from governors, city councils, school boards and the Congress.

Then in 1987, at the request of women's organizations, museums, libraries, youth leaders and educators throughout the country, the National Women's History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the national celebrations to the entire month of March. A National Women's History Month Resolution was quickly approved with strong bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.