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• On March 19, 1911, a German woman named Klara Zetkin organized the very first International Women's Day. Want to know more?
• Interest in International Women's Day was pretty low until the 1960s, when the women's movement caused women to wonder why they weren't included in the history books! Curious about the women's movement.
• In 1978, a California school district started Women's History Week to promote the teaching of women's history. It was so popular that in 1981, Congress passed a resolution making the week a celebration for the entire country! Don't know what the word resolution.
• In 1987, a group of women campaigned with representatives from museums, schools and libraries to expand the celebration, and Congress responded by declaring the entire Month of March National Women's History Month that very same year! Feel inspired to write your representative in Congress.
• Two years ago, the first-ever national women's history museum opened in Dallas, Texas. "The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future" pays tribute to women of the past and present, and runs Girlstart, a program that encourages young women to consider working in math, science and computer technology.

Simmons, a Cambridge native, has been a community activist for close to three decades, serving on the school committee for nine years and the city council since 2002. The city council elects the mayor.

"I think it's a profound privilege and responsibility," Simmons said. "I have the work of the community ahead of me, but as black woman and someone who is openly gay, I also represent a larger community."

Simmons was the only the second African-American woman to serve on the Cambridge City Council. Boston has yet to elect an African-American woman to its city council. Read more.