Happy March, but more importantly Happy Women’s History Month! The FITAID community is filled with fierce, independent, strong women, and we celebrate them not only this month but every month and every day. From our internal employees to our female ambassadors and athletes, FITAID would not be the same without them.
History
If you didn't know, Women’s History Month started off as International Women’s Day in 1911. In 1978, the school district of Sonoma, California celebrated the first ever Women’s History Week. This week was centered around March 8th, International Women’s Day. In Febuary 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8th, 1980, Women’s History Week. The proclamation stated:
"From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well.”
In 1987, the National Women’s History Project petitioned a bill to turn Women’s History Week into Women’s History Month. Congress passed the Pub. Law 100-9 which made March of 1987 the first official Women’s History Month and declared March of every year moving forward to be designated as Women's History Month.
FITAID Women
Be sure to check out all of our great female athletes and ambassadors who we are honored to work with day in and day out. Stay up to date with everything they have going on by following them on Instagram!
Alexis Johnson - alexis_mathlete
Ashley Kidd - ashleykiddsurf
Brianna Cope - briannacope
Cassidy Lance-McWherter - cassidy_lancemcwherter
Emily Bridgers - emilybridgers
Emma Lawson - emma.lawson_5
Hunter Elam - hunterelam
Jackie Perez - jackie585
Kelsey Kiel - kelskiel
Laura Horvath - laurahorvaht
Meagan Martin - meaganmartin89
Sara Sigmundsdottir - sarasigmunds
Zoe Szczepanek - zoeszcz
