The College Panhellenic hosted the History Blooms Here event to celebrate National Women’s History Month, which is celebrated in March.

“CPH and sorority life provides a good space for women to come together and join the sisterhood of loving like-minded people who will be there for you for the rest of time and will help you and hold you up for your whole entire college experience,” said Eva Cawley, a member of the Tri Sigma Sorority.

Cawley also highlighted the importance of honoring women’s history.

“I think it’s important to look back on the women who paved the way for us to be able to do the things that we are able to do now and give credit to those women and also learn from those women because we are still fighting a huge fight as women for equality and equity, and I think it’s important to look back on the gamechangers of the past and take from them as much as we can to pave an even path forward,” Cawley said.

Cawley also acknowledged the diversity that comes with celebrating the accomplishments of women.

“I think it’s about celebrating all women regardless of any perceived differences for all of the achievements that women have done,” said Cawley.

Sarah Garcia, a first year art history major, also said the holiday is about honoring women’s successes and struggles through history to support and promote young women and girls in modern society.

“I think it’s really important, especially for girls to see that they’re able to make an impact and that, like, women have gone really far from where they’ve started, and that even though we’ve gone farther, there are still like more changes that need to be made, and that these changes can be made,” said Garcia.

Garcia brought attention to potential challenges that may come up for women’s rights in the future.

“I think that, especially recently, and probably in the future, there is gonna be a lot of more struggles and barriers and challenges to women’s rights, and their just ability to live freely, and that we should keep going and fighting that,” Garcia said.

Olivia Tiede, a first year ocean sciences major, said that women’s differences should be honored, specifically referring to individual interests and passions.

“I think national women’s week is about celebrating the historical accomplishments that women have made in history, and I also think it’s about just honoring women whether that’s you know sitting at home raising children or if that’s having a career,” Tiede said.

According to Tiede, women’s history not only affects women, but can also affect men, and anybody out there.

“I think history is something we can all learn from,” Tiede said.

Mak Bergmann-Glover, a second year psychology major addressed misleading views people have had on women. 

“I think that it is very important to acknowledge all that women have done throughout history and highlight the kinds of like, impacts that they have had and a lot of people like to pretend that women only contribute such limited amounts,” Bergmann-Glover said.

Bergmann-Glover gave the examples of women bearing children and taking care of the house. 

“So, it is important to highlight all that women have done in addition to these things,” Bergmann-Glover said.

Finn Thomas, a first year BBA accounting major addressed how women looking back at their history can be uplifting.

“Showing younger generations of women these things and these accomplishments, it does inspire them to be more ambitious,” said Thomas.