Bill Text: CA SR13 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to Women's History Month

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-09 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 304.) [SR13 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SR13-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SR 13	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   Relative to Women's History Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, American women of every culture, class, and ethnic
background have participated in the founding and building of our
nation, made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our
nation, and played a critical role in shaping the economic,
cultural, and social fabric of our society, not in the least of ways
through their participation in the labor force, working both inside
and outside the home; and
   WHEREAS, Women have been leaders in every movement for social
change, including their own movement for suffrage and equal rights,
the fight for emancipation, the struggle to organize labor unions,
and the civil rights movement, as well as leading the call for peace
and organizing to preserve the environment; and
   WHEREAS, In light of these efforts and the achievements of all
American women, we take this opportunity to honor women and their
contribution to the development of our society and our world; and
   WHEREAS, The celebration of Women's History Month will provide an
opportunity for schools and communities to focus attention on the
historical role and accomplishments of the women of California and
the United States, and for students, in particular, to benefit from
an awareness of these contributions; and
   WHEREAS, Women's History Month will be not only a call to
acknowledge the outstanding American women whose names we know, but
also a call to pay homage to the many women who have anonymously
shaped our collective past; and
   WHEREAS, The observance of Women's History Week was initiated by
the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women in 1977, a
celebration that evolved into Women's History Month, commemorated
throughout the nation by schools, historians, and community groups;
and
   WHEREAS, The achievements of women who have gone before us will
enable contemporary women and men to create tomorrow's history by
working toward an end to physical and sexual violence against women,
discrimination and harassment in employment, and the relegation to
poverty status of many women, and by advocating for the full
participation of women in the economic and political arena, the
provision of adequate child care, respect for those who choose
homemaking and motherhood as their career, and equal access to all of
the opportunities this great nation has to offer; and
   WHEREAS, The story of the women's rights movement deserves telling
because of the significance and scope of women's role in making
history and shaping the cultural and societal makeup of California
and the United States, and because it is a rich part of our common
heritage, a story of gallantry and devotion to the belief that the
opportunity for complete human dignity should not be denied to
one-half of the state and the nation; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
of the State of California takes pleasure in joining the California
Commission on the Status of Women and Girls in honoring the
contributions of women, and proclaims the month of March 2015 as
Women's History Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Chair of the California State Legislative Women's
Caucus and to the Chair of the California Commission on the Status of
Women and Girls for distribution to appropriate organizations.