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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY JACOBS and MASCHER 1 3 (COMPANION TO SCR 10 BY MADDOX) 1 4 A Concurrent Resolution designating March 2001 as Iowa 1 5 Women's History Month. 1 6 WHEREAS, Iowa women of every race, class, and 1 7 ethnic background have made historic contributions to 1 8 the growth and strength of our state and nation in 1 9 countless recorded and unrecorded ways, including 1 10 through the struggle for women's rights; and 1 11 WHEREAS, Iowa women have played and continue to 1 12 play a critical economic, cultural, and social role by 1 13 constituting a significant portion of the labor force 1 14 working inside and outside the home; and 1 15 WHEREAS, Iowa women were particularly important in 1 16 the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, 1 17 and cultural institutions in our state and nation; and 1 18 WHEREAS, Iowa women and men worked to amend the 1 19 Iowa Constitution to read, "All men and women are, by 1 20 nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable 1 21 rights . . . "; and 1 22 WHEREAS, Iowa women were leaders in the 1 23 abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the 1 24 industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement, 1 25 the peace movement, and the women's suffrage movement, 1 26 thereby creating a more fair and just society for all; 1 27 and 1 28 WHEREAS, despite these many contributions, and the 1 29 contributions of women throughout the world, the role 1 30 of women is consistently overlooked and undervalued in 2 1 literature, teaching, and the study of history; NOW 2 2 THEREFORE, 2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 2 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly 2 5 designates the month of March 2001 as Iowa Women's 2 6 History Month and invites the citizens of Iowa to 2 7 continue to discover and learn from the roles women 2 8 have played throughout history. 2 9 LSB 2540HH 79 2 10 vl/gg/8
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