The St. Louis Park City Council has recognized March as Women’s History Month. Celebrated nationally since 1995, Women’s History Month is a chance to celebrate the contributions women have made in United States history and to recommit to ending continued inequities experienced by women.
In recognition of Women’s History month, the City of St. Louis Park suggests these resources to learn more.
The proclamation reads:
Whereas, St. Louis Park recognizes the leadership and contributions of women in our city, community and state; and
Whereas, our community has elected women as city leaders, including four city council members and our mayor, making history as the nation’s first Somali woman in a mayoral position; and
Whereas, St. Louis Park is proudly the hometown of the country’s highest-ranking Native American woman elected to executive office, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan; and
Whereas, the right for all women to vote and lead in elected office had to be fought for by countless women across the country, some women running for office even before they themselves were allowed to vote; and
Whereas, women contribute to our community as leaders, business owners, educators, as well as the unpaid labor of mothers, caretakers and homemakers; and
Whereas, women continue to face high rates of gender based violence, exacerbated by environmental and socioeconomic factors such as climate change displacement, the housing crisis, increased poverty rates; and
Whereas, progress for the rights of women has often left out indigenous women and women of color, making it even more important for us to stay committed to racial equity and inclusion to create a more just and inclusive community for all; and
Whereas, this month is a time to consider the inequities women continue to face and find ways in our personal and professional lives to support women’s rights.
