In 1987, at the request of the National Women's History Project, Congress expanded the week to a month, and the U.S. Congress has issued a resolution every year since then, with wide support, for Women's History Month. The U.S. President has issued each year a proclamation of Women's History Month. To further extend the inclusion of women's history in the history curriculum (and in everyday consciousness of history), the President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in History in America met through the 1990s.
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) /ËtÉrmÉrÉªk/ or /ËtjuËmÉrÉªk/ or /ËtuËmÉrÉªk/ is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to southwest India, requiring temperatures between 20 and 30 Â°C (68 and 86 Â°F) and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive.ost turmeric is used in the form of rhizome powder; in some regions (especially in Maharashtra, Goa, Konkan and Kanara), turmeric leaves are used to wrap and cook food. Turmeric leaves are mainly used in this way in areas where turmeric is grown locally, since the leaves used are freshly picked.
About Turmeric. Turmeric, notes MedlinePlus, is the principle spice in curry and possesses a warm, yet bitter, taste, and that the root of the turmeric plant contains medicinal ingredients and is used in herbal preparations.he turmeric plant, which grows in tropical forests of certain parts of Asia, is one of the principle ingredients in Thai, Indian and Indonesian cooking. Although the root is the most commonly used part of the turmeric plant, the leaves may also be used for culinary purposes.