Celebrate Women’s History Month with NextGen
Welcome to Women’s History Month, a month-long celebration of women’s contributions to society, history, and culture! NextGen is so excited to celebrate this wonderful month alongside our family and friends! But before we go any further, we would like to take a moment and highlight this movement’s humble beginnings.
The National Women’s History Alliance produces a theme yearly for Women’s History Month. 2021’s theme is “Valliant Women for the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced,” a continuation of 2020’s theme due to COVID-19 restrictions canceling previously planned events and celebrations. Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California. Originally coined “Women’s History Week,” the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women executed and planned the first celebrations in 1978. A parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa as well as local school presentations where students participated in a “Real Women” essay contest.
But women were on the move much sooner than in 1978. International Women’s Day took place for the very first time in history on March 8, 1911. In 1908 New York City, thousands of women marched together for the right to vote, better labor laws, and conditions. On February 28, 1909, socialists and suffragists gathered again for the first International Women’s Day. The idea made its way through Europe before being introduced at the International Conference of Women in Copenhagen. One-hundred women representing seventeen countries agreed to the designation, and the day was formally named on March 8th, 1911. Although the holiday was honored, International Women’s Day was not celebrated in the United States until 1975.
NextGen for Women Entrepreneurs Today and Tomorrow
Today, it is March 2021, and it is so inspiring to see how far we’ve come as a country. There is still much work to do, but for today, the next few weeks, and always, NextGen will celebrate women all over the world. Speaking of contributions, NextGen would not be here if not for our beautiful founder Cindy McGhee. If you did not already know, NextGen is proud to be the largest Black-owned and women-employed tax firm in the state of Oklahoma! Cindy made it a point to look for and hire the best women tax strategists, bookkeepers, and office administration she could find. That sense of excellence is the driving force behind what we do and how well we do it. We want to empower our women business owners with a personalized tax strategy that will protect their businesses’ future and longevity.
We strive for nothing less than excellence here at NextGen, and it is reflected in our team of tax strategists, the quality of our tax planning, and the level of professionalism our firm exudes. Our work is a direct reflection of who we serve, and as such, we want to help women entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground and usher in a fresh wave of powerful, women-owned businesses. Let us help you make women’s history here at NextGen!
Credit: https://www.etonline.com/womens-history-month-how-it-started-and-how-to-celebrate-161258