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[S.J. Res. 53 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.J.Res. 53
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                            Joint Resolution


 
Designating March 1993 and March 1994 both as ``Women's History Month''.

Whereas American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have 
  made historical 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 
  economic, 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 undervalued in the 
  literature, teaching, and study of American history: Now, therefore, 
  be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That March
1993 and March 1994 are designated both as ``Women's History Month'', 
and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
calling upon the people of the United States to observe that month with 
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.