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