[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 207 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 207

 To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor 
                      of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             May  27, 1993

Mr. Orton introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
           to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor 
                      of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon.

Whereas in 1896, Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon became the first woman state senator 
        in Utah and the first woman state senator in the United States;
Whereas Dr. Cannon was a leader in the areas of education and health care, whose 
        accomplishments included establishing the first nurse training school 
        and the State board of health in Utah, and helping to provide for 
        compulsory education for deaf, blind, and disadvantaged children, as 
        well as protections for the health of women in the work force;
Whereas Dr. Cannon was a leader in the women's suffrage movement; and
Whereas Dr. Cannon was an outspoken, independent thinker and women's advocate 
        who was firm in her defense of women working and engaging in worthwhile 
        activities outside the home: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the United States Postal Service is authorized and requested to 
issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Dr. Martha Hughes 
Cannon.

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