MS SC639

Designates March 2012 as "Women's History Month in Mississippi" with the theme "Women's Education – Women's Empowerment"

Recognizes the historical struggle for women's educational access, noting that Oberlin College (1833) was the first American college to admit women, nearly two centuries after Harvard's founding in 1636

Acknowledges Title IX of the Education Codes of the Higher Education Act Amendments (passed 1972, enacted 1977) as instrumental in prohibiting gender discrimination in federally funded educational institutions

Honors the economic, cultural, and social contributions of American women across all races, classes, and ethnic backgrounds throughout the nation's history

Directs the Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women to observe appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities related to the designation