Women's History Month, 2017, 12711-12712 [2017-04505]

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 42 (Monday, March 6, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 12711-12712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04505]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 42 / Monday, March 6, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 9576 of March 1, 2017

                
Women's History Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                We are proud of our Nation's achievements in promoting 
                women's full participation in all aspects of American 
                life and are resolute in our commitment to supporting 
                women's continued advancement in America and around the 
                world.

                America honors the celebrated women pioneers and 
                leaders in our history, as well as those unsung women 
                heroes of our daily lives. We honor those outstanding 
                women, whose contributions to our Nation's life, 
                culture, history, economy, and families have shaped us 
                and helped us fulfill America's promise.

                We cherish the incredible accomplishments of early 
                American women, who helped found our Nation and explore 
                the great western frontier. Women have been steadfast 
                throughout our battles to end slavery, as well as our 
                battles abroad. And American women fought for the civil 
                rights of women and others in the suffrage and civil 
                rights movements. Millions of bold, fearless women have 
                succeeded as entrepreneurs and in the workplace, all 
                the while remaining the backbone of our families, our 
                communities, and our country.

                During Women's History Month, we pause to pay tribute 
                to the remarkable women who prevailed over enormous 
                barriers, paving the way for women of today to not only 
                participate in but to lead and shape every facet of 
                American life. Since our beginning, we have been 
                blessed with courageous women like Henrietta Johnson, 
                the first woman known to work as an artist in the 
                colonies; Margaret Corbin, who bravely fought in the 
                American Revolution; and Abigail Adams, First Lady of 
                the United States and trusted advisor to President John 
                Adams.

                We also remember incredible women like Mary Walker, the 
                first woman to receive the Congressional Medal of 
                Honor; Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery in 1849 and 
                went on to free hundreds of others through the 
                Underground Railroad; Susan B. Anthony, the publisher 
                and editor of The Revolution and her friend, Dr. 
                Charlotte Lozier, one of the first women medical 
                doctors in the United States, both of whom advocated 
                for the dignity and equality of women, pregnant 
                mothers, and their children; Rosa Parks, whose refusal 
                to give up her seat accelerated the modern civil rights 
                movement; Shirley Temple Black, the famous actress 
                turned diplomat and first chief of protocol for the 
                President of the United States; Anna Bissell, the first 
                woman CEO in American history; Amelia Earhart, the 
                first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean; Ella 
                Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song and the Queen of 
                Jazz; and Sally Ride, the first American woman 
                astronaut.

                America will continue to fight for women's rights and 
                equality across the country and around the world. 
                Though poverty holds back many women, America cannot 
                and will not allow this to persist. We will empower all 
                women to pursue their American dreams, to live, work 
                and thrive in safe communities that allow them to 
                protect and provide for themselves and their families.

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                America is also mindful of the fight that continues for 
                so many women around the world, where women are often 
                not protected and treated disgracefully as second-class 
                citizens. America will fight for these women too, and 
                it will fight to protect young girls who are robbed of 
                their rights, trafficked around the world, and 
                exploited.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim March 2017 as Women's 
                History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe 
                this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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