The amazing collections of the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum illustrate the vital role of women in American history.

Connecticut has its share of contributors to this mix. Harriett Beecher Stowe, Annie Proulx, Helen Keller, Suzanne Collins, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Candace Bushnell, to name just a few, either hail from Connecticut originally or currently reside here. To learn more and to join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history, please visit http://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/.