[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 475 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 475

    To congratulate the National Organization of Women on its 40th 
                              anniversary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2006

Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    To congratulate the National Organization of Women on its 40th 
                              anniversary.

Whereas the National Organization of Women (in this resolution referred to as 
        ``NOW'') is committed to the advancement of equality and women's rights;
Whereas NOW continues the legacy of the foremothers of the women's movement, who 
        include Alice Paul, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. 
        Anthony, and Harriet Tubman;
Whereas NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, District of Columbia, by 
        women attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the 
        Status of Women;
Whereas Betty Freidan, author of ``The Feminine Mystique'', was one of the 
        original 28 founders and its first President;
Whereas the late Reverend Pauli Murray, the first African-American female 
        Episcopal priest, contributed to NOW's original Statement of Purpose, 
        which begins: ``The purpose of NOW is to take action to bring women into 
        full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising 
        all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership 
        with men.'';
Whereas NOW pursues the realization of the universal values of equality, 
        opportunity, justice, respect, empowerment, freedom;
Whereas these goals will be achieved through legal, political, social and 
        economic change;
Whereas NOW is committed to fighting all oppression, understanding that sexism, 
        racism, and homophobia are interconnected;
Whereas NOW struggles to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the 
        workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society 
        and to end all forms of violence against women;
Whereas NOW has been involved in landmark occasions in women's history, 
        including President Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order 11375 in 1967, 
        which extended discrimination to include gender, and the 1973 Supreme 
        Court decision on Roe v. Wade, establishing a woman's right to safe and 
        legal abortion; and
Whereas NOW celebrates its 40th anniversary with 550,000 supporting members, and 
        with more than 500 local and campus affiliates in all 50 States and the 
        District of Columbia, dedicated to equality and justice: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress congratulates the National Organization of Women on its 
40th anniversary and honors the contributions it has made to the 
pursuit of equality and justice for all.
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