; Whereas, in 1981, responding to the growing popularity of women’s history celebrations, Congress passed a resolution making Women’s History Week a national observance; Whereas, during this time, thousands of schools and communities joined in the commemoration of National Women’s History Week, with support and encouragement from Governors, city councils, school boards, State legislatures, and Congress; Whereas, in 1987, Congress was petitioned to expand the national celebration to include the entire month of March; Whereas, in 1989, Ilena Ros-Lehtinen was the first Latina and first Cuban-American elected to the United States House of Representatives; Whereas educators, workplace program planners, parents, and community organizations, in thousands of communities in the United States, have turned National Women’s History Month into a major local learning experience and celebration; Whereas the popularity of women’s history celebrations has sparked a new interest in uncovering the important history of women’s suffrage and the fight for equal rights; Whereas, in 1998, the President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History was established to consider how best to acknowledge and celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women in United States history; Whereas the National Women’s History Museum was founded in 1996 as an institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, and integrating this rich heritage fully into the Nation’s teachings and history books; Whereas, in 1999, Senator Tammy Baldwin was the first openly lesbian woman elected to the United States House of Representatives; Whereas, in 2018, Representative Sharice Davids of Kansas and now-Secretary Deb Haaland of New Mexico, were the first Native American women elected to the United States House of Representatives