2021年妇女历史月公告
2021年3月1日 • 总统行动
每年的“妇女历史月”都是一个重要机会，让我们了解具有开拓精神的美国妇女和女孩的非凡成就。她们建设、打造了我们的国家，并让它变得更好。
妇女和女孩在美国的整个历史上做出了重要贡献——并且经常是在歧视和不应有的困难之下。勇敢的女性通过游行争取并赢得了投票权，开展运动来抵制不公正，打破了无数藩篱，并拓展了美国生活的可能性。在我们的历史中，特别是在危机和紧急关头，体现美国女性无比勇敢和坚毅的实例无处不在。女性在第二次世界大战期间为我们的国家效力，在民权运动中领导组织和诉讼工作，并在全球舞台上代表美国为人权、和平和安全而战。太多时候，她们的英勇之举和故事不为人所知―特别是数以百万计的黑人女性、女性移民和其他来自多元社群的女性。这些女性让美国的每一代变得更强。
在我们当前的危机时刻，女性继续发挥领导作用。从疫苗研究人员、公共卫生官员到无数身处一线的女英雄，女性夜以继日地为击败新冠肺炎而努力。女性，尤其是有色人种女性，也是美国的关键劳动者的主要构成，包括教育工作者和儿童保育员、杂货店员工、农业工作者和其他让我们的家庭、社区和国家得以正常运转的人。今年，因为美国第一位女性副总统的就职，也成就了女性领导力在232年的历程一个历史性的里程碑。
在我们赞颂妇女和女孩的贡献和所取得的进展时，我们也必须反思她们至今仍旧必须承受不寻常且不平等的负担。新冠肺炎疫情加剧了几世代以来一直在束缚女性的藩篱，特别是有色人种女性。薪酬方面的性别和种族差距仍在恶化。照料工作仍然不成比例地落在妇女和女孩的肩上。而目前，因新冠肺炎造成的工作岗位流失使女性的劳动参与率回落至三十余年来的最低水平，威胁着女性及其家庭的安全和福祉，危及我们整个国家的经济进步。离开劳动力队伍的母亲的比例是父亲的三倍；仅在2020年9月，就有86.5万名女性退出美国劳动力队伍，这一数字甚为惊人。这些趋势在有色人种女性中更为严峻。黑人和拉丁美洲裔女性的失业率尤其高。与此同时，自疫情开始以来，食物无保障的问题急剧凸显，特别是在由女性为一家之主的有子女家庭。亲密伴侣暴力的案例也存在同样状况。
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和我自1月20日上任以来，一直将新冠疫苗接种、救助和广泛的经济复苏工作作为一项头号要务。我们的目标不是使我们的经济回到疫情大流行来袭之前的状态。我们的目标是重建使之更好——这意味着在美国为女性的经济机会和安全保障建立坚实持久的基础。我们的计划包括以下提议：为个人提供款项以及税款抵免，将钱给到有需要的家庭手中；增加住房和粮食援助以及失业保险；降低医疗费用并扩大覆盖范围；提升对儿童保育的支持并改善获得儿童保育的机会；拓展现有的带薪休假政策。我们还致力于在以下方面取得进一步的进展：减少基于性别的暴力并增进其幸存者的安全、经济稳定和福祉。这些对我而言是毕生的事业。
六十年前，当前第一夫人埃莉诺·罗斯福（Eleanor Roosevelt）就政府中缺少女性成员这一问题与总统约翰·肯尼迪（John F. Kennedy）对峙时，肯尼迪总统任命她负责一个新的委员会，着手处理在美国的女性状况问题并与各类歧视作斗争。由于数不胜数的女性所付出的坚持不懈的努力，我们在美国取得了重大进展。我感到骄傲的是，白宫性别政策委员会将在这些工作的基础上添砖加瓦，聚焦女性和女孩的需求和贡献，并确保在全政府范围内重点关注性别平等。我们的政府还致力于确保在行政部门中，女性在各个级别上都得到充分代表：我们选出担任内阁级职务的女性的人数创了记录，她们代表着美国的多元。
在“妇女历史月”期间，让我们纪念那些曾帮助建设我们国家的有才华、有远见的女性，包括那些贡献未得到充分承认和颂扬的女性。同时，让我们向过去的开拓者——不管是多近或多远的过去——致敬，因为他们敢于设想一个从未有过先例的未来，因为他们为美国的所有女性和女孩建立了一个有着无穷无尽可能的国家。
因此，现在，我——美利坚合众国总统约瑟夫·R.拜登——根据美国宪法和法律赋予我的权力，在此宣布2021年3月为妇女历史月。我呼吁所有美国人开展适宜的项目、仪式和活动来庆祝妇女历史月和2021年3月8日国际妇女节。我还邀请所有美国人访问www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov，进一步了解女性对我们国家的历史所做出的重要贡献。
为此，我在公元二〇二一年三月一日，美利坚合众国独立二百四十五年，在此签名为证。
约瑟夫·R.拜登(JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.)

A Proclamation on Women’s History Month, 2021
Each year, Women’s History Month offers an important opportunity for us to shine a light on the extraordinary legacy of trailblazing American women and girls who have built, shaped, and improved upon our Nation.
Throughout American history, women and girls have made vital contributions, often in the face of discrimination and undue hardship.  Courageous women marched for and won the right to vote, campaigned against injustice, shattered countless barriers, and expanded the possibilities of American life.  Our history is also replete with examples of the unfailing bravery and grit of women in America, particularly in times of crisis and emergency.  Women served our Nation during World War II, led organizing and litigation efforts during the Civil Rights movement, and represented the United States on the global stage in the fight for human rights, peace, and security.  Far too often, their heroic efforts and their stories have gone untold — especially the millions of Black women, immigrant women, and others from diverse communities who have strengthened America across every generation.
In our current moment of crisis, women continue to lead.  From vaccine researchers to public health officials to the countless heroines on the frontlines, women are working around the clock to defeat COVID-19.  Women, and particularly women of color, also make up the majority of America’s essential workers, including educators and child care providers, grocery store workers, farmworkers, and others who are keeping our families, our communities, and our country afloat.  This year has also marked an historic milestone of women’s leadership 232 years in the making, with the inauguration of America’s first woman Vice President.
As we celebrate the contributions and progress of women and girls, we must also reflect on the extraordinary and unequal burdens they continue to bear today.  The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated barriers that have held back women — particularly women of color — for generations.  Gender and racial disparities in pay continue to fester.  A disproportionate share of caregiving continues to fall on the shoulders of women and girls.  And now, job losses due to COVID-19 have set women’s labor force participation back to its lowest point in more than 30 years — threatening the security and well-being of women and their families and imperiling the economic progress of our entire Nation.  The share of mothers who have left the labor force is three times that of fathers; in September 2020 alone, an astonishing 865,000 women dropped out of the American workforce.  These trends are even more dire among women of color, with Black and Hispanic women facing disproportionately high rates of unemployment.  At the same time, food insecurity has risen dramatically since the pandemic began, particularly in female-headed households with children, as have reports of intimate partner violence.
Since taking office on January 20th, Vice President Kamala Harris and I have made COVID-19 vaccination, relief, and broad-based economic recovery efforts a top priority.  Our goal is not to return our economy to where it was before the pandemic struck.  Our goal is to build back better — and that means creating a strong and durable foundation for the economic opportunity and security of women in America.  Our plans include proposals to provide individual payments and tax credits to put money in the hands of families in need; increase housing and food assistance as well as unemployment insurance; lower health costs and expand access to coverage; increase support for and access to child care; and expand existing paid leave policies.  We are also committed to making further progress on what, for me, has been a lifelong cause:  reducing gender-based violence, and advancing the safety, economic stability, and well-being of survivors.
Sixty years ago, when former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt confronted President John F. Kennedy about the lack of women in Government, he appointed her as head of a new commission to address the status of women in America and take on discrimination in all of its forms.  We have made significant progress in the United States, thanks to the persistence and tireless work of countless women.  I am proud that the White House Gender Policy Council will build on those efforts by putting a laser focus on the needs and contributions of women and girls, and ensuring a Government-wide focus on gender equity.  Our Administration is also committed to ensuring that women are well-represented at all levels in the executive branch:  already, we have selected a record number of women who represent the diversity of America to serve in Cabinet-level positions.
During Women’s History Month, let us honor the accomplished and visionary women who have helped build our country, including those whose contributions have not been adequately recognized and celebrated.  And let us pay tribute to the trailblazers from the recent and distant past for daring to envision a future for which no past precedent existed, and for building a Nation of endless possibilities for all of its women and girls.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 2021 as Women’s History Month.  I call upon all Americans to observe this month and to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.  I also invite all Americans to visit www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov to learn more about the vital contribution of women to our Nation’s history.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.