During each and every March, we at the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women are bombarded with the question, "Why isn't there a Men's History Month?" Now you'd think that the reason is that we live in a patriarchal culture, but men could organize their own holiday if they wanted to. That's the beauty of America. Yet, the underlying reasons for the lack of "Straight White Male Day" are more complex. In the attempts to answer the question, the 1997 NCCROW Summer Grant Project was born.

Holidays have long been a time for reflection on the concept being celebrated. Festivities bring these ideas out into a public forum where discussion can (or cannot) happen. Holidays come in many forms. We celebrate traditional holidays such as Christmas and Hannukah, as well as governmental holidays such as Memorial Day. In the 1990's the proliferation of holidays has reached phenomenal proportions. There is truly a holiday for everyday. Check out our own compilation of holidays: