Women’s History Month

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:17:44 -0500

The Division of Institutional Equity joins the Women's Gender and Equity Center and our many campus community members in recognizing and honoring Women's History Month.

Women's History Month is celebrated each year in March to honor the contributions, leadership, resilience, and achievements of women throughout history and today. The 2026 Women's History Month theme is "Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future", recognizing women who are creating transformative change across education, advocacy, sustainability, community building, and social justice.

This month, the Division of Institutional Equity invites you to engage through our "Read, Watch, Listen, Participate" list to celebrate, connect, and explore.

To request accommodation(s) or inquire about event accessibility, please get in touch with each program office directly. All sessions are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.

Events on campus

March 4 | 12 pm - 1 pm | The Commons: 2B23
Trivia Noon X Women's History Month
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/151757

March 9 | 11 am - 12 pm | The Commons: 2B23
Chai Chats with Merin x Women's History Month
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/152051

March 9 | 2 pm - 3 pm | University Center: 207a
International Women's Day Coffee Hour
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ies/events/152068

March 9 | 3:30 pm | The Commons: 2B23
Unidos X Women's History Month
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/152058

March 10 | 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Fine Arts: 459

The Russian Area Presents: International Women's Day

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/womenscenter/events/152130

March 10 | 3:30 pm - 5 pm | Hybrid
Women's Suffrage: Life as we Know it Now
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/womenscenter/events/151980

March 11 | 12 pm - 1 pm | The Commons: 2B23

Donuts & Dialogue x Women's History Month

https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/152137

March 23 | 5 pm - 8 pm | Skylight Room
Stories & Success - Built for the Next Generation of Women Leaders
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/157082

March 26 | 4:30 pm | The Commons: 2B23
Unidos X Women's History Month
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/152058

Read

This reading list features powerful stories of women that reflect courage, identity, leadership, and transformation:

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Mary Beatrice Kenner: The Inventor Who Changed Women's Lives | History Hit

Dr. Ann Tsukamoto: The woman behind the Isolation

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

Explore

Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the world's only major museum dedicated solely to championing women artists.

Watch

This must-watch collection highlights the brilliance, resilience, and lasting contributions of women across science, law, culture, and social change:

Independent Lens: Writing with Fire

He named me Malala

Hidden Figures

Little Women

American Experience: Fly with Me

Listen

Through storytelling, dialogue, and reflection, this list amplifies women's voices and lived experiences:

Jasmine Lee: Be like water

Grandma Moses by The History Chicks

The Folklorista Violetta Parra by what'shername

Enslaved women and lethal resistance, 46th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture by Nikki M. Taylor

Women of the Wheel: Ana Delfosse by Womanica