SR 15 (LSB 2607SS (3) 86)

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 15

BY  WILHELM, MATHIS, and ANDERSON

A Resolution designating March 2015 as Iowa Women’s History Month.

   WHEREAS, Iowa women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our state and nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
   WHEREAS, Iowa women have played and continued to play critical economic, cultural, and social roles in our state; and
   WHEREAS, Iowa women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our state and nation; and
   WHEREAS, Iowa women and men amended the Iowa Constitution to provide that all men and women are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable rights; and
   WHEREAS, Iowa women have been leaders in business, industry, and academia, as well as in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement, and the women’s suffrage movement; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate designates March 2015 as Iowa Women’s History Month and invites the citizens of Iowa to continue to discover the roles that Iowa women have played throughout the history of our state and nation.