Bill Text: IL SJR0048 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the month of March 2009, and every March thereafter, as "Women's History Month" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SJR0048 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SJR0048-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and ethnic | ||||||
3 | background have made historic contributions to the growth and | ||||||
4 | strength of our nation and State in countless recorded and | ||||||
5 | unrecorded ways; and
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6 | WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a | ||||||
7 | critical economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of | ||||||
8 | the life in the State of Illinois by constituting a significant | ||||||
9 | portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the | ||||||
10 | home; and
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11 | WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role | ||||||
12 | throughout the history of Illinois by providing the majority of | ||||||
13 | the volunteer labor force of the State; and
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14 | WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the | ||||||
15 | establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural | ||||||
16 | institutions in our State; and
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17 | WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and ethnic | ||||||
18 | background have served as early leaders in the forefront of | ||||||
19 | every major progressive social change movement; and
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20 | WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in |
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1 | securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, | ||||||
2 | but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation | ||||||
3 | movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights | ||||||
4 | movement, and other movements, particularly the peace | ||||||
5 | movement, which created a more fair and just society for all; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of American | ||||||
8 | women in history, in Illinois, and across the nation has been | ||||||
9 | consistently overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, | ||||||
10 | teaching, and study of American history; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
13 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the month of March 2009, | ||||||
14 | and every March thereafter, as "Women's History Month" in the | ||||||
15 | State of Illinois and urge the citizens of this State to | ||||||
16 | educate themselves on the importance of women, not only in our | ||||||
17 | history but also in our future, and to recognize the importance | ||||||
18 | of women in our society today.
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