The St. Louis Park City Council recently issued a proclamation recognizing March 2026 as Women’s History Month. Observed 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 encourages you to:

• Learn more about women’s history in our country
  • Women of the Hall | National Women’s Hall of Fame
  • Center for Women's History | The New York Historical
• Create awareness on Women's History Month
  • Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote | National Archives Museum
  • Women's History Month | History

Proclamation 

The proclamation reads:

Whereas, St Louis Park recognizes the leadership and contributions of women in our city, community and state for 2026 Women’s History Month, which includes International Women’s Day March 8; and

Whereas, the St. Louis Park community has elected three women as mayor, most recently making history by electing Nadia Mohamed as the first woman of color to serve as mayor in St. Louis Park and the first elected Somali American mayor in the United States; and

Whereas, St. Louis Park is the hometown of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, the country’s highest-ranking Native American woman elected to executive office; and

Whereas, the right for all women to vote and lead in elected office was 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 and educators and at the same time, the unpaid and undervalued labor of mothers, caretakers and homemakers bolsters our economy; and

Whereas, women continue to face high rates of gender-based violence, intensified by environmental and socioeconomic factors such as climate change displacement, the housing crisis and 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; and this month as a time to recognize the inequities women continue to face and find ways to support the rights of all women in our community;

Now, therefore, let it be known that the mayor and city council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, hereby observe Women’s History Month in 2026 and encourage all people to recognize the magnitude of contributions that women make every day