House Bill 9141

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9141

        By Representative Wasserman Schultz






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing the month of March as

  3         "Women's History Month."

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  5         WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and

  6  ethnic background have made historic contributions to the

  7  growth and strength of our nation in countless recorded and

  8  unrecorded ways, and

  9         WHEREAS, American women have played, and continue to

10  play, a critical role in the economic, cultural, and social

11  life of the nation by constituting a significant portion of

12  the labor force working inside and outside of the home, and

13         WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role

14  throughout the history of the nation by providing the majority

15  of the volunteer labor of the nation, and

16         WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in

17  the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and

18  cultural institutions in our nation, and

19         WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and

20  ethnic background served as early leaders in the forefront of

21  every major progressive social change movement, and

22         WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in

23  securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity,

24  but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation

25  movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights

26  movement, and the peace movement, to create a more fair and

27  just society for all, and

28         WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of

29  American women in history has been consistently overlooked and

30  undervalued in the literature, teaching, and study of American

31  History, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9141

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  1  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the House of Representatives of the State of

  5  Florida recognizes the month of March as "Women's History

  6  Month" and encourages all citizens of the state to observe the

  7  month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

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