Here's to the Ladies

“From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this Nation. Too often, the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength, and love of the women who built America was as vital as the men whose names we know so well.”

President Jimmy Carter shared this message in February 1980 when he issued the first Presidential Proc…