Full Text of HR0881 97th General Assembly
HR0881 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0881 | | LRB097 20871 KXB 67634 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1987, Congress declared March as "Women's | 3 | | History
Month" to acknowledge the important role women have | 4 | | played in shaping
America; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Although women constitute a majority of the | 6 | | nation's population,
their achievements and contributions are | 7 | | underrepresented in museums and
memorials; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Only 10% of the people identified in a recent | 9 | | survey of 18
history textbooks were women; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, the President's Commission on the | 11 | | Celebration of
Women in American History called for a women's | 12 | | history museum to be
established on The National Mall in | 13 | | Washington, D.C.; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The National Women's History Museum, founded in
| 15 | | 1996, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational organization | 16 | | dedicated to
preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the | 17 | | diverse historic contributions of
women and integrating the | 18 | | heritage of women fully into this nation's
history; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The National Women's History Museum seeks a site | 20 | | on or close to the National Mall and in
close proximity to the |
| | | HR0881 | - 2 - | LRB097 20871 KXB 67634 r |
|
| 1 | | White House and the U.S. Capitol Building; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The National Women's History Museum has | 3 | | identified federally owned property for sale near
the National | 4 | | Mall, and 2 congressional bills, the National Women's History
| 5 | | Act of 2011, sponsored by Representative Maloney in the House | 6 | | of
Representatives as H.R. 1269 and Senator Collins in the | 7 | | Senate as S.80, and
the National Women's History Museum and | 8 | | Federal Facilities Consolidation
Act of 2011, sponsored in the | 9 | | House of Representatives by Representative
Mica as H.R. 2844 | 10 | | and in the Senate by Senator Boozman as S.1870, are
currently | 11 | | pending in Congress; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, There are museums dedicated to flight, postage | 13 | | stamps, buildings,
and many other areas of interest but not to | 14 | | women, and yet women comprise
51% of the nation's population; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The National Women's History Museum will showcase | 17 | | the full history of women in the United
States and the | 18 | | contributions they have made and continue to make in the
| 19 | | marketplace, arts and sciences, government, entertainment, | 20 | | education, home,
and community; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, A coalition of 43 women's organizations | 22 | | representing eight
million women, which includes the National |
| | | HR0881 | - 3 - | LRB097 20871 KXB 67634 r |
|
| 1 | | Foundation for Women
Legislators (NFWL), supports the efforts | 2 | | of the National Women's History Museum to establish a
permanent | 3 | | residence near the National Mall, the most prominent location | 4 | | for
museums to be situated in the nation's capital; therefore, | 5 | | be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we urge Congress to enact legislation
authorizing the federal | 9 | | government to convey land near the National Mall to
the | 10 | | National Women's History Museum for the purpose of constructing | 11 | | a
museum chronicling the history of women in American life; and | 12 | | be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the members of the Illinois Congressional | 15 | | delegation.
|
|