Whereas National Women's History Month recognizes and spreads awareness of the importance of women in the history of the United States; Whereas throughout the history of the United States, whether in the home, their workplace, school, the courts, or in wartime, women have fought for themselves, their families, and all people of the United States; Whereas, even from the early days of the history of the United States, Abigail Adams urged her husband to Remember the ladies when representatives met for the Continental Congress in 1776; Whereas women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in the United States; Whereas women led the efforts to secure suffrage and equal opportunity for women, and also served in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, labor movements, civil rights movements, and other causes to create a more fair and just society for all; Whereas suffragists wrote, marched, were arrested, and ultimately succeeded in achieving the enactment of the 19th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, section 1 of which provides that The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex , as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), which extended the protection of the right to vote to women of color and language minorities; Whereas women have been and continue to step up as leaders in the forefront of social change efforts, business, science, government, math, art, literature, music, film, athletics, and more; Whereas women now represent approximately half of the workforce of the United States; Whereas women once were routinely barred from attending medical schools of the United States, but now are enrolling in medical schools of the United States at higher numbers than men; Whereas women previously were turned away from law school, but now represent approximately half of law students in the United States