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Celebrating the Women Who Made History

March is the month to celebrate women of the past and present and those close to your heart. Between Women's History Month and International Women's Day (March 8), now is the perfect time to share your appreciation for your mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmas, teachers and friends! To help celebrate women everywhere, we have compiled poems, stories and tributes about womenkind.

Women's History Month was established in 1987 to recognize the impact and accomplishments of women in American history. On March 8, women around the world are recognized for their "social, economic, cultural and political achievements," according to the International Women's Day website. Celebrate this year by submitting your art, poetry, writing and more about a woman in your life who has made a difference!

Featured Writings

All Teen Ink content is written by teens, for teens. We have curated our favorite articles about women, feminism and the female experience for this month's newsletter.

"Every day I became more and more obsessed with Wendy, and more and more frustrated with Bob. I sensed an injustice: If Wendy was really doing all the work, then why was Bob getting all the credit? Why didn’t Wendy have her own show?"
Read more ..... "Wendy the Builder" by Anonymous
 
 
"For many women inventors in years past, the invention process was twice as difficult because, in addition to the hardship of inventing, they also faced the “skepticism” of a world  that didn’t  believe women could create something of value."
 
 
"'You’re a trumpet player and a composer,” she said matter-of-factly. “Girls don’t usually do those things. It’s strange.'"
 
"How many women must wilt
in the inch-wide margin,
or languish in
“See Further Reading”
until we are given our own paragraphs?"
Read more ....."Punctuation" by Jillian_J
 
 
"We help each other out and lift each other up, which is good, because everyone else seems to be trying to tear us down." 
 
 
"All the while, my words
are defined by His existence;
She, Her, Female,
Woman."
 
 
 
"I radiate awe to the woman
Who has united this world through emotion
And has wet the faces of her neighbors"
Read more ....."Enheduanna" by K.Spirit
 
 
"I was finally faced with a question: should I conform to societal standards of what a woman is and should be in order to be accepted, or should I stand up in an effort to be considered a person of equality to any other man or woman; for that matter, to be considered a person at all?"
Read more ....."Silent Killers" by HannahBK
 
   

                                              

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