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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
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