Month celebrates, honors role of women in history

By Megan Manning
Reporter

What started as one week of recognition has since developed into a monthlong celebration.

March is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme, “Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams,” honors the spirit of possibility and hope set in motion by generations of women. The theme honors women for bringing communities together and restoring hope in the face of impossible odds.

“Wouldn’t it be great if we did not need a month dedicated to women’s history?” said Dr. Susan Calef, director of graduate studies in theology. “But we have yet to achieve a ‘history’ that truly integrates the achievements, contributions and struggles of women.”

The Eileen B. Lieben Center is sponsoring a clothing drive this month to collect women’s professional and casual clothes. The drop-off locations are Deglman Hall, Creighton Law School and Russell Child Development Center.

A Women’s History Month poster display is in the Reinert Alumni Memorial Library lobby this month. It features women inventors, the history of the equal rights movement and significant women in U.S. history.

On March 23 at 7 p.m., “Quilters We Come From: A Celebration of Women’s Words of Wisdom” will be presented through song, dance, drama and recitation by faculty, staff, administrators, students and alumni, both women and men. According to Calef, the program reflects Creighton women’s collective wisdom about the need for inclusivity in a world inclined toward division and exclusion.