HR 9079

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the commitment of the National
3	Women's History Museum and commending that institution on
4	its efforts to secure a permanent home on or close to the
5	National Mall for a museum to honor the important
6	contributions of women in shaping this great nation.
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8	WHEREAS, in 1987 Congress declared March to serve as
9	"Women's History Month" to acknowledge the important role women
10	have played in shaping America, and
11	WHEREAS, although women constitute a majority of the
12	nation's population, their achievements and contributions are
13	underrepresented in museums and memorials, and
14	WHEREAS, only 3 percent of the people identified in a
15	recent survey of 18 history textbooks were women, and
16	WHEREAS, in 1999 The President's Commission on the
17	Celebration of Women in American History called for a women's
18	history museum to be established on "The National Mall" in
19	Washington, D.C., and
20	WHEREAS, the National Women's History Museum, founded in
21	1996, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational institution
22	dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the
23	diverse historic contributions of women and integrating the
24	heritage of women fully into this nation's history, and
25	WHEREAS, the National Women's History Museum is seeking a
26	site on or close to the National Mall and in close proximity to
27	the White House and U.S. Capitol Building, and
28	WHEREAS, the United States Senate voted unanimously in
29	favor of S. 501, The National Women's History Museum Act of
30	2005, a bill that directs the General Services Administration to
31	enter into a long-term lease with the National Women's History
32	Museum for federal property that has been vacant since 1992, and
33	WHEREAS, the National Women's History Museum will showcase
34	the full history of women in the United States and the
35	contributions they have made and continue to make in the
36	marketplace, arts and sciences, government, entertainment,
37	education, home, and community, and
38	WHEREAS, a coalition of 33 women's organizations,
39	representing 8 million women and including the National
40	Foundation for Women Legislators, has expressed their support of
41	the National Women's History Museum's efforts to establish a
42	permanent residence on the National Mall, the most prominent
43	location for museums to be situated in the nation's capital,
44	NOW, THEREFORE,
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46	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
47	Florida:
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49	That the Florida House of Representatives recognizes the
50	commitment of the National Women's History Museum and commends
51	that institution on its efforts to secure a permanent home on or
52	close to the National Mall for a museum to honor the important
53	contributions of women in shaping this great nation.
54	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
55	presented to the National Foundation for Women Legislators as a
56	tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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