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.
Turmeric is a plant in the ginger family. Native to the tropics, turmeric is aromatic like ginger but hotter and spicier. Also like ginger, turmeric is taken from the root (actually the rhizome) of the plant, which is peeled with a knife or the back of a spoon before the herb is used fresh.Outside of the tropical reaches of India and Southeastern Asia, however, turmeric is usually dried and powdered before it is used in making curries.urmeric is the herb from which the nutritional supplement curcumin is derived. Turmeric is also the spice used to make curry powder. While taking curcumin is the easiest way to get the health benefits of turmeric, this pungent herb has proven benefits of its own.