Bill Text: IA HR104 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution designating March 2016 as Iowa Women's History Month.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-15 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 461. [HR104 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HR104-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 104 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
                         BY  THEDE and JONES
  1  1 A Resolution designating March 2016 as Iowa Women's
  1  2    History Month.
  1  3    WHEREAS, Iowa women of every race, class, and
  1  4 ethnic background have made historic contributions
  1  5 to the growth and strength of our state and nation
  1  6 in countless recorded and unrecorded ways including
  1  7 through the struggle for women's rights; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, Iowa women have played and continued to
  1  9 play critical economic, cultural, and social roles in
  1 10 our state by constituting a significant portion of the
  1 11 labor force working inside and outside of the home
  1 12 despite being underpaid; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, Iowa women were particularly important in
  1 14 the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic,
  1 15 and cultural institutions in our state and nation; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Iowa women and men amended the Iowa
  1 17 Constitution to provide that all men and women are, by
  1 18 nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable
  1 19 rights; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Iowa women have been leaders in business,
  1 21 industry, and academia, as well as in the abolitionist
  1 22 movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial
  1 23 labor movement, the civil rights movement, the peace
  1 24 movement, and the women's suffrage movement, helping to
  1 25 create a more fair and just society for all; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, despite these contributions, and those
  1 27 of women throughout the world, the role of women
  1 28 has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in
  2  1 the literature, teaching, and study of history; NOW
  2  2 THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That
  2  4 the House of Representatives designates March 2016 as
  2  5 Iowa Women's History Month and invites the citizens of
  2  6 Iowa to continue to discover the roles that Iowa women
  2  7 have played throughout the history of our state and
  2  8 nation.
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