March is the month of celebration.

March is Women’s History Month. Here at Bakersfield College the members of the Women’s History Month and More committee are dedicated to informing the students and the community about women and their experiences.

Ann Wiederrecht, a member of the committee and a professor at BC, feels that the importance of Women’s History Month is that it offers the students an opportunity to learn about women of the past and present and their contributions to America.

Wiederrecht explained that the focus of the Women’s History Month this year is to enhance the students learning experience. With every event that is planned for March Wiederrecht felt that the students will be “exposed to women who are very influential in their own particular field. The committee is excited about being able to offer these richly diverse presentations. “Many people didn’t even know that March was Women’s History Month. Taniya Simpkins, an English major and student at BC, said, “I never knew that there was anything special being celebrated in March. I think that March is a great month to celebrate women’s history because it has 31 days in it.”

Wiederrecht and the Women’s History Month and More would like to thank the Bakersfield College Alumni Association, Bakersfield College Delano Campus Foundation, the friends of Women’s History Month and More and the Norman Levan Center for the Humanities.

For those who maybe interested in learning more about women and their significance in American history there are many events that will inform, enlighten and engage its attendees.

March 5 “The Power of Women inthe 21st Century” 6:30 p.m. at the Delano Campus. Guest Speaker:Dolores Huerta, President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and co-founder of the United FarmWorkers.

March 9 “The Bakersfield De monde, 1870-1920” 6:30 p.m. at the Bakersfield College Fireside Room. Guest Speaker: Rebecca Orfila, M.A., RPA, Assistant Director Center for Archaeological Research Cal State Bakersfield.

March 19 “Comadres, Cowgirls and Curanderas” 6:30 p.m. at the BC Fireside Room. Guest Speaker: Vicki Ruiz, Professor, University of California, Irvine.

March 24 “Working Women in America” 7:15 p.m. at BC in room SE 56. Guest speaker: Bridget Christensen, Professor, Southeast Community College in Lincoln, Nebraska

April 2 “Salt of the Earth” 6:00 p.m. Moderated by: Rosa Garza, Professor, Bakersfield College.