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our efforts on helping women confront the challenges they face and reach for their highest <br /> aspirations. We must strive to build the future we want our children to inherit-- one in which <br /> their dreams are not deferred or denied, but where they are uplifted and praised. We have <br /> come far, but there is still far to go in shattering the glass ceiling that holds women back. This <br /> month, as we reflect on the marks made by women throughout history, let us uphold the <br /> responsibility that falls on all of us -- regardless of gender-- and fight for equal opportunity for <br /> our daughters as well as our sons. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by <br /> virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do <br /> hereby proclaim March 2016 as Women's History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe <br /> this month and to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, 2016, with appropriate <br /> programs, ceremonies, and activities. I also invite all Americans to visit <br /> www.WomensHistoryMonth.gov to learn more about the generations of women who have left <br /> enduring imprints on our history. <br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of <br /> February, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United <br /> States of America the two hundred and fortieth. <br />