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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 280
5	5	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History Month.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	MARCH31, 2025
8	8	Mr. T
9	9	HOMPSONof California (for himself, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr.
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11	11	OSTA, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. BROWN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr.
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13	13	ARTERof Louisiana, Ms. SEWELL, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. NORTON, Mr.
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15	15	RISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BARRAGA´N,
16	16	and Ms. R
17	17	OSS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
18	18	the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
19	19	RESOLUTION
20	20	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History
21	21	Month.
22	22	Whereas the purpose of National Women’s History Month is
23	23	to increase awareness and knowledge of women’s involve-
24	24	ment in history;
25	25	Whereas the first women’s rights convention was held in
26	26	1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, and launched the wom-
27	27	en’s suffrage movement;
28	28	Whereas key women’s suffrage leaders, such as Elizabeth
29	29	Cady Stanton, attended the Seneca Falls Convention, in-
30	30	spiring future women’s suffrage leaders, including Susan
31	31	B. Anthony;
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35	35	Whereas, in 1869, Wyoming was the first State to grant
36	36	women the right to vote;
37	37	Whereas, in 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for ille-
38	38	gally voting and was fined $100, angering countless
39	39	Americans and bringing national attention to the wom-
40	40	en’s suffrage movement;
41	41	Whereas, in 1913, Harriet Tubman was buried with military
42	42	honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York,
43	43	after a valiant life spent fighting to end slavery, aiding
44	44	freedmen, and advocating for women’s suffrage with Eliz-
45	45	abeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony;
46	46	Whereas, in 1913, antilynching crusader and women’s suf-
47	47	frage leader, Ida B. Wells, Black women from Howard
48	48	University, and many other notable Black women joined
49	49	the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade to ensure that the
50	50	leadership and work for women’s suffrage by Black
51	51	women would be recognized;
52	52	Whereas, in 1916, Representative Jeanette Rankin of Mon-
53	53	tana was the first woman elected to the House of Rep-
54	54	resentatives, four years before women had the right to
55	55	vote nationally;
56	56	Whereas after over 70 years of advocacy, women were grant-
57	57	ed the right to vote in 1920 with the ratification of the
58	58	19th Amendment to the Constitution;
59	59	Whereas, in 1922, Rebecca Felton of Georgia was the first
60	60	woman appointed to the serve in the Senate;
61	61	Whereas, in 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming was elect-
62	62	ed as the first woman to serve as Governor of a State;
63	63	Whereas, in 1932, Hattie Caraway of Arkansas was the first
64	64	woman elected to the Senate;
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68	68	Whereas, in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nomi-
69	69	nated the first female Cabinet Secretary, Francis Per-
70	70	kins, who served as Secretary of Labor;
71	71	Whereas, in 1946, Felicita Mendez fought against discrimina-
72	72	tion and segregation in the California public education
73	73	system, winning the landmark case Mendez, et al. v.
74	74	Westminster School District of Orange County, which
75	75	paved the way for the Brown v. Board of Education of
76	76	Topeka decision in 1954;
77	77	Whereas, as recently as the 1970s, women’s history was rare-
78	78	ly included in the kindergarten through grade 12 cur-
79	79	riculum and was not part of public awareness;
80	80	Whereas the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County
81	81	Commission on the Status of Women initiated a ‘‘Wom-
82	82	en’s History Week’’ celebration in 1978 centered around
83	83	International Women’s History Day, which is celebrated
84	84	on March 8;
85	85	Whereas, in 1980, the National Women’s History Project
86	86	(known as the National Women’s History Alliance) was
87	87	founded in Sonoma County, California, to broadcast
88	88	women’s historical achievements;
89	89	Whereas, in 1981, responding to the growing popularity of
90	90	women’s history celebrations, Congress passed a resolu-
91	91	tion making Women’s History Week a national observ-
92	92	ance;
93	93	Whereas, during this time, thousands of schools and commu-
94	94	nities joined in the commemoration of National Women’s
95	95	History Week, with support and encouragement from
96	96	Governors, city councils, school boards, State legislatures,
97	97	and Congress;
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101	101	Whereas, in 1987, Congress was petitioned to expand the na-
102	102	tional celebration to include the entire month of March;
103	103	Whereas educators, workplace program planners, parents,
104	104	and community organizations, in thousands of commu-
105	105	nities in the United States, have turned National Wom-
106	106	en’s History Month into a major local learning experience
107	107	and celebration;
108	108	Whereas the popularity of women’s history celebrations has
109	109	sparked a new interest in uncovering the important his-
110	110	tory of women’s suffrage and the fight for equal rights;
111	111	Whereas, in 1998, the President’s Commission on the Cele-
112	112	bration of Women in American History was established
113	113	to consider how best to acknowledge and celebrate the
114	114	roles and accomplishments of women in United States
115	115	history;
116	116	Whereas the National Women’s History Museum was found-
117	117	ed in 1996 as an institution dedicated to preserving, in-
118	118	terpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contribu-
119	119	tions of women, and integrating this rich heritage fully
120	120	into the Nation’s teachings and history books;
121	121	Whereas, in 2018, Representative Sharice Davids of Kansas
122	122	and now-Secretary Deb Haaland of New Mexico, were the
123	123	first Native American women elected to the United
124	124	States House of Representatives;
125	125	Whereas, in 2020, Vice President Kamala Harris was the
126	126	first woman, the first Black American, and the first
127	127	Asian American elected to serve as Vice President of the
128	128	United States;
129	129	Whereas the House of Representatives recognizes March
130	130	2025 as National Women’s History Month; and
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134	134	Whereas the theme of National Women’s History Month
135	135	2025 is ‘‘Moving Forward Together! Women Educating
136	136	& Inspiring Generations’’: Now, therefore, be it
137	137	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
138	138	(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 2
139	139	Women’s History Month; and 3
140	140	(2) recognizes and honors the women and orga-4
141	141	nizations in the United States that have fought for, 5
142	142	and continue to promote, the teaching of women’s 6
143	143	history and the women’s suffrage movement. 7
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