Full Text of SJR0048 96th General Assembly
SJ0048 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the | 15 |
| establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural | 16 |
| institutions in our State; and | 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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| WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| 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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