Such a machismo attitude attempts to destroy or nullify the political overtones of the day. The torch for celebrating National Women's History Month has been taken up by the National Women's History Project. The NWHP was established in 1980 as a nonprofit educational corporation by Molly MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Bette Morgan, and Maria Cuevas. In 1982, the Project initiated a Women's History Resource Service. But that's just one of the organization's approaches to increasing public recognition of U.S. women's history.
Teacher training is another front.
Through teacher in-service sessions and annual summer conferences, NWHP staff have trained teachers from 34 states and four foreign countries in methods for incorporating women's history into their curricula. Two of the videos the NWHP has produced are specifically for this purpose. They have also produced seven history-content videos, written and published thirteen curriculum units and six program planning guides, and two coloring books. The NWHP has produced program kits, distributed a range of short videos, and produced 27 full-color posters and ten display sets for this purpose. About 250,000 copies of the NWHP 48-page catalog are circulated each year.