[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 27 (Monday, March 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       GENDER EQUITY IN EDUCATION

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, this week the congressional caucus for 
women's issues is kicking off our program for National Women's History 
Month. We celebrate Women's History Month because, for too long, 
history has only meant his story. Women's contributions have to often 
gone unnoticed and unappreciated.
  Now is the time to get to know her story. Now is the time to talk 
about women's accomplishments; women's contributions; and what we need 
to do to make the future brighter for our daughters--as well as our 
sons.
  However, women can only make history when they have been educated, 
and America has a long way to go before educational equality is 
achieved.
  In honor of Women's History Month, please join me at a briefing on 
gender equity in education, this Thursday, March 7, at 1 p.m. in 311 
Cannon. At this event, we will see how far we have come, and how far we 
need to go, to make America's schools the best in the world for both 
boys and girls.
  Women make history all year around, but March is Women's History 
Month. It deserves our attention.

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