[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, during this Women's History Month, let us 
celebrate the women who truly make our Nation and world run.
  This month, we honor remarkable women who build families and 
communities; who lead governments; who serve and protect their fellow 
citizens; and who break new ground in industry, science, technology, 
literature, medicine, and so much more.
  Their work often goes unrecognized, but their work anchors, guides, 
and uplifts our society and the world.
  Let me pay special tribute to historic women from the five counties 
of Ohio's Ninth District that I am privileged to represent: 
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman 
elected to Congress from Ohio, and poetess Toni Morrison from Lorain 
County, Ohio.
  In Erie County, it is probably important for us to remember that the 
first all-female jury was seated on August 26, 1920. Can you imagine 
that? From Erie County, we remember the able and totally dedicated 
United Way director, Christine Galvin.
  From Lucas County, we remember two public servants, Eleanor Kahle, 
who was elected to city council after she went on Social Security, and 
Senator Edna Brown, who sadly just passed and was a comet--as was 
Shirley Chisholm at the national level--in Ohio as an African-American 
woman senator seated in Columbus but from northwest Ohio.
  The lives of these women inspire us all, and the legacies they leave 
are an inspiration to those who follow in their footsteps.
  During this Women's History Month, we give thanks to them for the 
barriers that each of them broke and also for their solid 
accomplishments that they left behind.
  We all look forward with anticipation to the accomplishments of the 
next generations of American women to come because, indeed, they lead 
the world.

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