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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY MARTIN, HARPER, DODERER, JOCHUM, METCALF,
1 3 GRUNDBERG, NELSON of Marshall, JACOBS, MASCHER,
1 4 THOMSON, MERTZ, BOGGESS, NELSON of Pottawattamie,
1 5 HAMMITT, GREINER, GARMAN, BURNETT, BERNAU, SIEGRIST,
1 6 WITT, HANSON, BRANSTAD, CORMACK, LAMBERTI, CORNELIUS,
1 7 TEIG, ARNOLD, HUSEMAN, VANDE HOEF, DINKLA, LARSON,
1 8 SUKUP, VAN FOSSEN, CORBETT, WEIDMAN, DISNEY, BLODGETT,
1 9 BRUNKHORST, BODDICKER, HOUSER, GRIES, WELTER, MAIN,
1 10 NUTT, KLEMME, SALTON, HEATON, GREIG, SCHULTE, COON,
1 11 DRAKE, MEYER, RENKEN, KREMER, VEENSTRA, HARRISON,
1 12 and HALVORSON
1 13 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing the seventy-fifth
1 14 anniversary of the founding of the League of Women
1 15 Voters of Iowa.
1 16 WHEREAS, Iowan Carrie Chapman Catt founded the
1 17 League of Women Voters on February 14, 1920, to help
1 18 20 million newly enfranchised women carry out their
1 19 long due voting responsibilities, and the organization
1 20 has for 75 years worked to be a voice for citizens and
1 21 a force for change; and
1 22 WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters has provided
1 23 nonpartisan information on candidates and issues for
1 24 elections, encouraged voter registration and informed
1 25 voting, helped generations of voters understand the
1 26 structure and function of government, provided
1 27 balanced information on public policy issues to the
1 28 citizens, and worked to achieve government policies
1 29 that promote the public interest; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the vigorous history of the League of
2 1 Women Voters of Iowa includes successfully causing the
2 2 removal of the word "male" from the Iowa Constitution
2 3 as a qualification for candidacy to the Iowa
2 4 Legislature in 1925; working for passage of the Iowa
2 5 legislation on aid to dependent children in 1943;
2 6 assisting in the establishment of the Iowa Legislative
2 7 Council, the Legislative Service Bureau, the Ethics
2 8 and Campaign Disclosure Board, and the legislative
2 9 Public Information Office, which is now known as the
2 10 Legislative Information Office; assisting in achieving
2 11 home rule for Iowa's cities and counties; assisting in
2 12 the establishment of the area education agencies; and
2 13 engendering the passage of many other landmark pieces
2 14 of legislation; and
2 15 WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters of Iowa, which
2 16 was officially organized in October 1919, remains a
2 17 unique political, educational, multi-issue, activist,
2 18 grassroots citizen action organization; NOW THEREFORE,
2 19 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 20 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 21 recognize and commend the League of Women Voters of
2 22 Iowa for its many accomplishments and years of service
2 23 to the citizens of Iowa, commemorate its seventy-fifth
2 24 anniversary, and offer best wishes for continued
2 25 growth and success in the future.
2 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 27 Resolution be forwarded to Abigail P. Swanson,
2 28 President of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.
2 29 LSB 1628HH 76
2 30 kh/jw/5
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