CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MARCH AS "WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH"
Whereas American women of every race, class and ethnic background
have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation
in countless recorded and unrecorded ways;
Whereas American women have played and continue to play a critical
economical, cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the
Nation by constituting a significant portion of the labor force working
inside and outside of the home;
Whereas American women have played a unique role throughout the
history of the nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor
force of the Nation;
Whereas American women were particularly important in the
establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural
institutions in our nation;
Whereas American women of every race, class, and ethnic background
served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social
change movement;
Whereas American women have been leaders, not only in securing
their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the
abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor
movement, the civil rights movement, and other movements, especially the
peace movement, which create a more fair and just society for all; and
Whereas despite these contributions, the role of American women in
history has been consistently overlooked and overvalued, in the
literature, teaching and study of American History;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and the House of
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
that March be designated as "Women's History Month". The President is
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation for each of these months,
calling upon the people of the United States to observe those months with
appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.
LINKS
National Women's History
Project
National Women's
History Month Programs Reported for March 1997
The
Suffrage Movement
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