House Resolution 14 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 14 BY JONES and THEDE A Resolution designating March 2015 as Iowa Women’s 1 History Month. 2 WHEREAS, Iowa women of every race, class, and 3 ethnic background have made historic contributions to 4 the growth and strength of our state and nation in 5 countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and 6 WHEREAS, Iowa women have played and continued to 7 play critical economic, cultural, and social roles in 8 our state; and 9 WHEREAS, Iowa women were particularly important in 10 the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, 11 and cultural institutions in our state and nation; and 12 WHEREAS, Iowa women and men amended the Iowa 13 Constitution to provide that all men and women are, by 14 nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable 15 rights; and 16 WHEREAS, Iowa women have been leaders in business, 17 industry, and academia, as well as in the abolitionist 18 movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial 19 labor movement, the civil rights movement, and the 20 women’s suffrage movement; NOW THEREFORE, 21 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 22 the House of Representatives designates March 2015 as 23 Iowa Women’s History Month and invites the citizens of 24 Iowa to continue to discover the roles that Iowa women 25 have played throughout the history of our state and 26 nation. 27 -1- LSB 2607HH (3) 86 av/nh 1/ 1