Tech. Sgt. Maribelle Hernandez has served in the U.S. Air Force for ten years. She is a manpower analyst and hails from Bronx, New York. Women’s History Month started as a national celebration in 1981, when Congress authorized the president to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982, as Women’s History Week. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Areca T. Bell/Released)