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Women's History Month, 2005
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 2, 2005

Women's History Month, 2005
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America



During Women's History Month, we celebrate the achievements of our Nation's
women. For generations, American women have helped build our great Nation
through their leadership as writers, teachers, artists, politicians,
doctors, and scientists, and in other professions. As mothers, daughters,
and sisters, women have supported and strengthened American families and
communities. Women are at the forefront of entrepreneurship in America,
creating millions of new jobs and helping to build our Nation's economic
prosperity.

We celebrate those who have broken down barriers for women, such as
Jacqueline Cochran, who was the founder and director of the Women's Air
Force Service Pilots during World War II and the first woman to break the
sound barrier. Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori was the first American woman to
receive a Nobel Prize in the sciences, and her research significantly
advanced the treatment of diabetes. In 1926, Olympic Gold Medalist Gertrude
Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Marian Anderson,
a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, opened doors in music as the
first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Juliette Gordon Low encouraged community service and the physical, mental,
and spiritual development of America's young women as founder of the Girl
Scouts of the United States of America. As we work to advance freedom and
peace and fight the war on terror, American women in uniform are serving at
posts at home and across the world, taking great risks as they ma

As we commemorate Women's History Month, I encourage all Americans to
celebrate the extraordinary contributions and accomplishments of American
women and to continue our progress in making our society more prosperous,
just, and equal.

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 2005 as Women's History
Month. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this month
with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor the
history, accomplishments, and contributions of American women.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of March,
in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twentyninth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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