[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 53 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 53

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 2 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. Hatch introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            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.

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