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Proclamation 10345 of February 28, 2022 

Women’s History Month, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Every March, Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to honor 

the generations of trailblazing women and girls who have built our Nation, 

shaped our progress, and strengthened our character as a people. 

Throughout our history, despite hardship, exclusion, and discrimination, 

women have strived and sacrificed for equity and equality in communities 

across the country. Generations of Native American women were stewards 

of the land and continue to lead the fight for climate justice. Black women 

fought to end slavery, advocate for civil rights, and pass the Voting Rights 

Act. Suffragists helped pass the 19th Amendment to the Constitution so 

that no American could be denied a vote on the basis of sex. 

Standing on the shoulders of the heroines who came before them, today’s 

women and girls continue to carry forward the mission of ensuring our 

daughters have the same opportunities as our sons. Women of the labor 

movement are achieving monumental reforms to help all workers secure 

the better pay, benefits, and safety they deserve. LGBTQI+ women and 

girls are leading the fight for justice, opportunity, and equality—especially 

for the transgender community. Women and girls continue to lead 

groundbreaking civil rights movements for social justice and freedom, so 

that everyone can realize the full promise of America. 

But despite the progress being made, women and girls—especially women 

and girls of color—still face systemic barriers to full participation and wider 

gaps in opportunity and equality. The COVID–19 pandemic has exposed 

and exacerbated those disparities which have disproportionately impacted 

women’s labor force participation, multiplied the burden on paid and unpaid 

caregivers, and increased rates of gender-based violence. The constitutional 

right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade is facing an unprecedented 

assault as States pass increasingly onerous restrictions to critical reproductive 

health care and bodily autonomy. Workers contend with gender and racial 

wage gaps that can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars denied 

over the course of their lifetimes. The Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the States for ratification 50 years ago and it is long past time 

that the principle of women’s equality should be enshrined in our Constitution. 

My Administration has made this issue a top priority from day one. Through 

historic Executive actions, my Administration launched Government-wide 

efforts to advance gender equity and equality, racial equity, and LGBTQI+ 

equality. Through the American Rescue Plan, my Administration delivered 

immediate relief to women and families, funded domestic violence and 

sexual assault services, supported child care providers, and invested in 

care workers—who are disproportionately women of color. Through the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are working to ensure equitable access 

to good-paying jobs, particularly in sectors where women have historically 

been underrepresented. We have taken critical steps to end the scourge 

of gender-based violence and advocate for the long overdue reauthorization 

of the Violence Against Women Act—legislation that I was proud to author 

and champion as a United States Senator. We are confronting the epidemic 


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levels of violence that transgender women and girls continue to face. We 

are working to expand access to health care, including reproductive health 

care for all people regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, income, or 

zip code. We are fighting to lower the costs of child care and provide 

access to free preschool for all three- and four-year olds. We issued a 

call to action to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health care, which 

disproportionately impact Black and Indigenous women. And my Administration established a Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund to advance 

the rights and economic security of women and girls around the world. 

This work is being led by the most diverse and gender-balanced Cabinet 

in American history, including the first woman—and woman of color— 

to serve as Vice President, Kamala Harris; the first women ever to serve 

as Treasury Secretary and Director of National Intelligence; the first Native 

American woman to serve as a Cabinet Secretary; women leading the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, along with 

the Small Business Administration and the Office of Management and Budget; 

and women of color representing America on the world stage as United 

States Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States Trade Representative as well as leading my Council of Economic Advisers in the 

White House. In addition, I established the first White House Gender Policy 

Council to advance gender equity across the Federal Government and released 

the first-ever national gender strategy to support the full participation of 

all people—including women and girls—in the United States and around 

the world. 

This Women’s History Month, as we reflect on the achievements of women 

and girls across the centuries and pay tribute to the pioneers who paved 

the way, let us recommit to the fight and help realize the deeply American 

vision of a more equal society where every person has a shot at pursuing 

the American dream. In doing so, we will advance economic growth, our 

health and safety, and the security of our Nation and the world. 

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 2022 as 

Women’s History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month 

and to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, 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. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth 

day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and 

of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 

and forty-sixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04614 

Filed 3–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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