Bill Text: FL S0078 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Resolution 78 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Women's History Month

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-03 - Introduced -SJ 00179; Read 2nd time -SJ 00179; Adopted; companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9037 (Adopted) -SJ 00179 [S0078 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0078-Introduced.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                              (NP)    SR 78 
 
By Senator Joyner 
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1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution recognizing the month of March 2010 as 
3         “Women’s History Month.” 
4 
5         WHEREAS, women have made historic contributions to the 
6  growth and strength of this state in countless recorded and 
7  unrecorded ways, and 
8         WHEREAS, women have played and continue to play a critical 
9  economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of life by 
10  constituting a significant portion of the labor force working 
11  inside and outside the home, and 
12         WHEREAS, women have played a unique role throughout the 
13  history of the nation by providing the majority of our volunteer 
14  labor force and were particularly important in the establishment 
15  of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions, 
16  and 
17         WHEREAS, women of every race, class, and ethnic background 
18  served as early leaders in the forefront of every major 
19  progressive movement to improve society, and 
20         WHEREAS, women have been leaders, not only in securing 
21  their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in 
22  the abolitionist movement, the industrial labor movement, the 
23  civil rights movement, the environmental justice movement, and 
24  other social justice campaigns, especially the peace movement, 
25  creating a more fair and just society for all, and 
26         WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of women has 
27  been consistently overlooked and undervalued in literature and 
28  in the teaching and study of history, and 
29         WHEREAS, in recognition of the contributions of women, 
30  Congress has passed a resolution each year since 1987 
31  designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month,” and 
32         WHEREAS, the theme of Women’s History Month in 2010 is 
33  “Writing Women Back into History” and the month of March 
34  presents special opportunities to celebrate the wisdom and 
35  tenacity of generations of women who have come before us and 
36  those who will follow, and to acknowledge the courage, 
37  determination, and steadfastness needed to move history forward, 
38  NOW, THEREFORE, 
39 
40  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
41 
42         That March 2010 is recognized as “Women’s History Month” 
43  and the residents of this state are called upon to observe this 
44  and every March by participating in programs, ceremonies, and 
45  activities to foster an awareness of and appreciation for the 
46  contributions made by women which have benefited and improved 
47  society.