This National Women’s History Month, you can honor women who have strived to make a difference in the world, along with women in your community today.

1845 was the year recognized as the start of the Great Famine (The Great Hunger) virtually wiped out the potato crop. In four years, one million of the island's population of eight million died. Thousands left Ireland and emigrated to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Large numbers went to Liverpool, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, and New York.
The people remaining in Ireland suffered in decline for many years after the potato blight ended.