[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 96 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 96

    Expressing the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be 
              remembered as a pioneer in women's politics.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 6, 2007

 Mrs. McCaskill (for herself, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. 
Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. 
 Lincoln, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Obama, 
and Mr. Harkin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             March 15, 2007

                Reported by Mr. Leahy, without amendment

                           February 29, 2008

                        Considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be 
              remembered as a pioneer in women's politics.

Whereas Harriett Woods, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, launched a 50-year 
        political career with a neighborhood crusade against rattling potholes;
Whereas Harriett Woods, who died of leukemia at the age of 79 on February 8, 
        2007, had many firsts, including being the first female editor for her 
        college newspaper at the University of Michigan, the first woman on the 
        Missouri Transportation Commission, and the first woman to win statewide 
        office in the State of Missouri as Lieutenant Governor;
Whereas, from 1991 to 1995, Harriett Woods served as president of the National 
        Women's Political Caucus, a bipartisan grassroots organization whose 
        mission is to increase women's participation in the political process at 
        all levels of government; and
Whereas Harriett Woods was integral to the electoral successes of what became 
        known as the Year of the Woman, when in 1992, female candidates won 19 
        seats in the House of Representatives and 3 seats in the Senate: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods 
will be remembered as a pioneer in women's politics, whose actions and 
leadership inspired hundreds of women nationwide to participate in the 
political process and to break gender barriers at every level of 
government.
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