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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HAMMOND, LUNDBY, NEUHAUSER, BOETTGER, FREEMAN,
1 3 SZYMONIAK, JUDGE, DOUGLAS, TINSMAN, and KRAMER
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing the seventy-fifth
1 5 anniversary of the founding of the League of Women
1 6 Voters of Iowa.
1 7 WHEREAS, Iowan Carrie Chapman Catt founded the
1 8 League of Women Voters on February 14, 1920, to help
1 9 20 million newly enfranchised women carry out their
1 10 long due voting responsibilities, and the organization
1 11 has for 75 years worked to be a voice for citizens and
1 12 a force for change; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters has provided
1 14 nonpartisan information on candidates and issues for
1 15 elections, encouraged voter registration and informed
1 16 voting, helped generations of voters understand the
1 17 structure and function of government, provided
1 18 balanced information on public policy issues to the
1 19 citizens, and worked to achieve government policies
1 20 that promote the public interest; and
1 21 WHEREAS, the vigorous history of the League of
1 22 Women Voters of Iowa includes successfully causing the
1 23 removal of the word "male" from the Iowa Constitution
1 24 as a qualification for candidacy to the Iowa
1 25 Legislature in 1925; working for passage of the Iowa
1 26 legislation on aid to dependent children in 1943;
1 27 assisting in the establishment of the Iowa Legislative
1 28 Council, the Legislative Service Bureau, the Ethics
1 29 and Campaign Disclosure Board, and the legislative
1 30 Public Information Office, which is now known as the
2 1 Legislative Information Office; assisting in achieving
2 2 home rule for Iowa's cities and counties; assisting in
2 3 the establishment of the area education agencies; and
2 4 engendering the passage of many other landmark pieces
2 5 of legislation; and
2 6 WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters of Iowa, which
2 7 was officially organized in October 1919, remains a
2 8 unique political, educational, multi-issue, activist,
2 9 grassroots citizen action organization; NOW THEREFORE,
2 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 11 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 12 Assembly recognize and commend the League of Women
2 13 Voters of Iowa for its many accomplishments and years
2 14 of service to the citizens of Iowa, commemorate its
2 15 seventy-fifth anniversary, and offer best wishes for
2 16 continued growth and success in the future.
2 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 18 Resolution be forwarded to Abigail P. Swanson,
2 19 President of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.
2 20 LSB 1628SS 76
2 21 kh/jw/5
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