Women's History Month, 2004

Proclamation 7761 of March 5, 2004

Women's History Month, 2004

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During Women's History Month, we celebrate the many
accomplishments of our Nation's women.

Women are leaders in American business, government,
law, science, medicine, the arts, education, and many
other fields. As mothers, sisters, and daughters, they
bring compassion and integrity to our communities and
help to teach our children the values that make our
country great.

Women today are following in the footsteps of pioneers
such as Sarah Pierce, Emma Willard, Catherine Beecher,
and Mary Lyon, who helped open the doors to higher
education for women in our country. Their vision and
determination changed America forever. Women today also
join a long tradition of defending our Nation. During
the Revolutionary War, Margaret Cochran Corbin fought
as a gunner and was severely wounded at the battle of
Fort Washington. Today, more than 200,000 women are
serving in our Nation's Armed Forces and working to
defend America and advance peace and freedom. We are
grateful for their sacrifice and for the military
families that support them.

This month, we celebrate the many ways women strengthen
and enrich America.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim March 2004 as Women's
History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe
this month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand four, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

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