Today is International Women’s Day, and that means that the rest of the month is deemed “Women’s History Month”.
This is a time to learn about the female experience, celebrate what it means and understand the wide range of female struggles across the world.
And just because the world situation doesn’t allow us to go out and celebrate, there are still lots of ways we can make the most of this special month.
In this blog post, I’ve come up with how you can make the most of Women’s History Month this year!
Support Women’s Charities
This is a big one that can make a massive difference!
Supporting a charity that promotes women’s causes is fantastic- and it means that we get a little closer to aiding the progression and role of women in our society.
I love that there are so many excellent charities out there, and I really recommend checking out this list for some key places to support.
Learn Something New
The best way to make the most of Women’s History Month is just to learn.
Learn about famous women from the past, or learn what people are doing to bring women’s issues to the forefront today.
I think in school we lack lessons about past female figures– and so this month take some time to learn a little more about the amazing women of the past.
And learning something new can be valuable to understanding the female experience.
Maybe you understand another woman’s story, or you have a chat to someone about how sexism or discrimination affects them.
Understanding more about someone’s life, attitude or experience is a great way to make the most of Women’s History Month.
Share Your Experience
This isn’t something everyone will want to do- and that’s okay!
However, sharing your experience is the best way to help others understand what it means to be you.
You don’t need to be able to celebrate in person in order to commemorate this special month, so get online or even chat to someone else about your experiences.
Calling attention to Women’s History Month is sharing an experience in itself, and I love seeing other people’s Women’s History Month posts.
I’m going to try and share as many ideas as possible throughout March!
Support Someone
There are so many ways to support others who are celebrating this month.
You could share someone’s article about their individual experience, encourage inclusivity for those who identify as women all across the world, sign a petition or help someone who is feeling low during these tough times.
To support another woman, you could also read books by female authors, buy from women-owned businesses or RT your favourite female blogger.
Get Involved!
Even with lockdown restrictions, there are ways to make the most of Women’s History Month celebrations.
You could join online tutorials or meetings, you could hold online celebrations with your friends and family and you could even run an event for others.
Normally during this month there would be marches, celebrations and meetings of like-minded individuals.
However, we can still use this time to celebrate the female experience from the comfort of our own homes!
How are you going to make the most of Women’s History Month? Do you have any plans? Do you have an experience you would like to share this month?
Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below 🙂
Happy reading x
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Not-So-Modern Girl 
Yay love this! It’s a great time to celebrate, support, share and encourage. I’m loving all the International Women’s Day tweets and posts I’m seeing!
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Aw thank you Jenny 🙂 Me too, I’m trying to share as many as possible to celebrate this amazing day x
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Wonderful post! I wish there was more hype around international women’s day here. I understand we can’t do much due to COVID but there should be virtual events etc. But I’ve seen nothing like that. All I can do is read up on women’s history and educate others.
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Thank you 🙂 I agree, although it’s always good to read up about women’s struggles and history and understand what we can do to help women’s rights x
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Aw that’s a lovely idea- the internet can be a great place to learn more about women’s history and their present day struggles x
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I absolutely love the ideas you’re suggesting. We should make the most out of this day, spread awareness and empower each other!!!!
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Thank you Jessica 🙂 I agree!
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These are great ideas, Eleanor. It’s so important to support each other, and it’s great that there’s a whole month dedicated to doing just that! x
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Thank you Lisa 🙂 I agree, it’s great to encourage and support other female professionals and inspirational people x
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What a truly inspiring post, thank you for sharing this. It’s not only important today, it’s important every single day!
Rosie
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Thank you Rosie 🙂 Yes! So true! x
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I’d like to add “boost up other women” as well 🙂 Whether that means sending a text to encourage a friend or sharing someone’s page on Instagram – it’s the little things that count (just as much as the big ones)! Great post!
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Yes, boosting our friends, family, and women we support is so important! x
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This is such an important post! I feel like we really need to lift each other up and encourage one another!
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Yes I agree, supporting one another is so important 🙂
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Great post for a day like today
Thanks for sharing
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Loving this. It’s so amazing to see women supporting other women
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I agree! Thanks Beth 🙂
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A lovely post to celebrate International Women’s Day! It is great to see other women celebrated other women! X
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Thank you so much 🙂 I agree, it’s great to see supportive women across the world x
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This is great! Thank you for sharing ❤
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Lovely post! These are such great ideas 🙂 It’s the day we share, help, support, and encourage each others. Thank you for writing this x
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Yes I agree, and I’m so happy we can do that all month long 🙂
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I agree, I love the idea of everyone supporting each other to make a more tolerant and understanding society 🙂 She’s fantastic, I really recommend ‘Becoming’ x
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Thank you Hayley 🙂 I agree, it’s so empowering to read about other inspirational women, or just support those close to us! That’s a great idea- I’m sure there are a few free online ones this year x
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These are great suggestions. I definitely think talking about our journeys really helps and makes us stronger together.
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Thank you Kelly, I agree x
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Yes, yes, yes! Love these ideas.
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Thank you Jo 🙂 x
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I loved reading this! Thank you for sharing! Reading up on the history of women’s rights and some of the incredible women who sacrificed so much to get us to where we are today is so so important and so eye opening too!
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Yes I agree, that’s such a good point we need to consider who came before and appreciate what they did for us today x
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Such a good post, absolutely love these ideas! Celebrating one another should be a daily occurrence for sure. We are stronger together! Xo
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Thank you! Yes definitely, we should be celebrating, learning, and campaigning year round x
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Love this! I’m fortunate to work in a very female heavy industry (even if men still hold a lot of the top positions), so I’m going to send some love to all of my female colleagues!
Katie | katieemmabeauty.com
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That’s brilliant, I love that idea! Thank you for sharing x
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These are amazing suggestions! So often we forget that one of the best ways for us to honour one another, is to simply take the time to learn. Learn about the movement, past struggles and accomplishments and the women who have fought for the freedoms we now enjoy. Thank you so much for the reminder!
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Thank you Tiffany 🙂 Yes I agree, learning about another person’s understanding is central to learning about what they go through on a daily basis.
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I’m glad I’ve seen something advertising the action we can take! Sadly, it feels rather overshadowed this year, though it’s no less important, especially towards incorporated women’s voices into broader history year-round
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Thank you Tom, yes I agree it’s harder to celebrate this year- but great to see that people are still willing to learn and get involved!
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Love all of these ideas Eleanor! I usually spend it at work, so this chance to have been home this year and I truly appreciated learning about women from the past and reading experiences instead of just scrolling on Instagram. Thank you so much for sharing this x
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Thank you Christina 🙂 that’s brilliant, I love that you’ve been learning a little something this year round x
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Fab post! I’ve loved reading everyone’s wonderful International Women’s Day content. It’s so important to continue to educate, support and encourage one another x
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Me too, it’s great to learn more about what people get up to and their experiences! Thank you x
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I agree with all of these. Supporting someone, like female bloggers, would be a great way to celebrate this month 🙂
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Thank you Fiona, I agree we need to be supporting other women whenever possible x
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These are all great ideas! I love supporting charities, so I’ll look up some local woman’s shelters in our area x
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That’s a brilliant idea- we really need to be supporting these people and organisations during these tough times if we can x
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Yes to this post and all these brilliant ideas! It always makes me feel even more empowered when I read about other women looking to help and celebrate women xx
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Thank you Della! Yes I agree 🙂
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Wonderful post! I think it’s important to support women and teach it to the next generation.
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Yes I agree, thank you 🙂
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These are great ideas! I wish this day was celebrated more and was a national holiday in the US.it means a lot more to me now having a niece and watching her grow up,
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Thank you 🙂 yes I agree, it’s so important for the new generation of women x
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This is actually really insightful! Thank you. Definitely some great ideas on how to keep the female force strong over the rest of the month! X
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This is really insightful and definitely good advice to keep up the momentum and female force!
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I’m glad you enjoyed, thank you 🙂
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These are great ways to support women’s history month, it’s so important to give each other support and encouragement! x
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Thank you Lucy, we all need to look out for each other during these tough times 🙂 x
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I love this post. It truly is awesome to celebrate Women’s history month. During this month I have been taking time to learn history of amazing women from the past and their awesome accomplishments.
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Thank you 🙂 I agree, we can all take a bit of time to understand the female experience past and present x
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I agree, I love checking out what others have come up with 🙂 thank you for sharing x
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Aw thank you Kelly 🙂
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Love these ideas! I didn’t know that March is Womens History Month! Love supporting babes! I’m looking forward to learning more. Thank you for sharing xx
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Thank you Lynn, I love that you’ll be learning a bit more this month x
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Okay I love this! For people who don’t know where to begin, this post is such a great place to start on how to celebrate women’s month and support the women in your life. Thanks for sharing the charity list, too.
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Aw thank you Meredith, that’s so kind! I hope you’re right and people can use this (and other brilliant resources) to learn and understand this Women’s History Month x
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I like to donate to my local women’s shelter in March. I did some domestic violence volunteer work in college, and even though I’ve never been a victim of it, it’s a cause that I can get behind, especially this month. Great post!
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It’s such an important cause and well done you- that’s so great! Thank you for sharing x
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I love this!! Women supporting other women 💪💪
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Thank you Caroline!
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