[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 57 (Thursday, March 31, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the end of Women's 
History Month and highlight the contributions of women in my community:
  From education leaders like Joliet-native, Margaret Haley, a teacher 
who led the Chicago's Teachers Federation to become the largest women's 
union in the country by 1900; and
  Katharine Lucinda Sharp of Elgin, a founder of the Illinois Library 
Association who ran the Midwest's first library school;
  To entertainers like Plainfield-native, Melissa McCarthy, whose 
comedy has graced our screens for two decades; and
  Businesswomen, like Mary Foot Seymour of Aurora, who founded the 
Business Women's Journal, a publishing company led entirely by women.
  These are just a few of the amazing women who have made a mark on my 
Northern Illinois community and our country, and I am proud to honor 
them.

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