Full Text of HR0037 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend the life and legacy of Betty | 4 | | Friedan and the impact she made on human rights; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Betty Friedan was born in Peoria on February 4, | 6 | | 1921; she graduated as valedictorian of Peoria High School in | 7 | | 1938 and then graduated with highest honors from Smith College | 8 | | in 1942; she spent a year on a graduate fellowship at the | 9 | | University of California Berkeley to train as a psychologist | 10 | | and then received the honor of a second fellowship from the | 11 | | university, the first to be awarded to a psychologist or a | 12 | | woman; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1963, Betty Friedan's study of the lives of | 14 | | women in the post World War Two era was published in the | 15 | | historic nonfiction book, The Feminine Mystique; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Betty Friedan was a trailblazer in launching the | 17 | | modern women's rights movement by identifying "the problem | 18 | | that has no name" in her book, The Feminine Mystique, which | 19 | | became one of the most influential books of the 1900s; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1966, Betty Friedan helped found the National | 21 | | Organization of Women (NOW), an organization advocating for |
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| 1 | | equality that became the largest feminist organization in the | 2 | | United States; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Betty Friedan helped form NOW's original purpose | 4 | | statement codifying the aim of the organization to "take | 5 | | action to bring women into full participation in the | 6 | | mainstream of American society now, exercising all the | 7 | | privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal | 8 | | partnership with men."; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Betty Friedan advocated for many historical | 10 | | advancements, including the creation of the Equal Employment | 11 | | Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the initial barring of gender | 12 | | discrimination in employment, and the expansion of | 13 | | discrimination protections to include race, color, religion, | 14 | | and/or national origin; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Betty Friedan continued to | 16 | | publish many groundbreaking books, including It Changed My | 17 | | Life: Writings on the Women's Movement, The Second Stage, The | 18 | | Fountain of Age, Beyond Gender: The New Politics of Work and | 19 | | Family, and Life So Far: A Memoir; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Betty Friedan played an integral role in the | 21 | | women's movement by changing the way the United States views | 22 | | gender roles; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Betty Friedan dedicated her life to the | 2 | | advancement of rights for women as well as for children, | 3 | | working families, and the elderly; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Betty Friedan passed away on her | 5 | | birthday at the age of 85; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, People across the country are celebrating what | 7 | | would have been Betty Friedan's 100th birthday on February 4, | 8 | | 2021; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we commend the life and legacy of Betty Friedan.
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