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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and ethnic |
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| background have made historic contributions to the growth and |
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| strength of our nation and State in countless recorded and |
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| unrecorded ways; and
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| WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a |
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| critical economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of |
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| the life in the State of Illinois by constituting a significant |
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| portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the |
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| home; and
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| WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role |
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| throughout the history of Illinois by providing the majority of |
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| the volunteer labor force of the State; and
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| WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the |
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| establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural |
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| institutions in our State; and |
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| WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and ethnic |
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| background have served as early leaders in the forefront of |
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| every major progressive social change movement; and
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| WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in |
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| securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, |
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| but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation |
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| movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights |
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| movement, and other movements, particularly the peace |
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| movement, which created a more fair and just society for all; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of American |
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| women in history, in Illinois, and across the nation has been |
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| consistently overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, |
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| teaching, and study of American history; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the month of March |
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| 2009, and every March thereafter, as "Women's History Month" in |
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| the State of Illinois and urge the citizens of this State to |
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| educate themselves on the importance of women, not only in our |
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| history but also in our future, and to recognize the importance |
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| of women in our society today.
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