Full Text of HR1017 94th General Assembly
HR1017 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Betty Brown of | 4 |
| Elgin on being chosen to be interviewed by The History Makers; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Brown will be the only person from the | 7 |
| Northwest suburbs of Chicago to join the 1,200 African | 8 |
| Americans from across the United States who have sat down for | 9 |
| video interviews with The History Makers; others that have been | 10 |
| interviewed include Senator Barack Obama, Dionne Warwick, and | 11 |
| the late Ebony publisher, John H. Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, The History Makers holds the nation's largest | 13 |
| collection of African-American oral histories; based on | 14 |
| nominations, it chooses African-American people to interview | 15 |
| from all fields, including medicine, media, and politics; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Brown moved to Elgin with her family when she | 17 |
| was six years old; she went on to become the first | 18 |
| African-American nurse at St. Joseph Hospital, and she worked | 19 |
| as a nursing supervisor for 15 years; following nursing, she | 20 |
| became a consultant with a major cosmetics company and was | 21 |
| selected by Miglin & Associates for the "Women of Destiny" | 22 |
| program, which led to her involvement in the fashion world; she | 23 |
| was a member of The Fashion Group International, Inc., of | 24 |
| Chicago and became an advocate for peace across the world as a | 25 |
| board member; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 1990s, she covered the society beat for | 27 |
| North Shore Magazine, and she has written society news for both | 28 |
| the Daily Herald and Courier News; through her work, she's | 29 |
| interviewed many celebrities, including Sidney Poitier and Jay | 30 |
| Leno; and
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| WHEREAS, She was the first African-American recipient of | 2 |
| the Altrusa Club's Woman of the Year Award for outstanding | 3 |
| service for improvement and welfare of the community; she was | 4 |
| also the first African-American woman to have her own radio | 5 |
| talk show on WRMN 1410-AM and for years worked as a manager for | 6 |
| the Miss Illinois Pageant, for which she was featured in | 7 |
| Newsweek magazine as mentor of the year; she has been the | 8 |
| recipient of numerous awards and accolades and serves on the | 9 |
| boards of various civic and charitable organizations; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| we congratulate Betty Brown of Elgin on being chosen to be | 14 |
| interviewed by The History Makers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Mrs. Brown as an expression of our deep respect | 17 |
| and esteem.
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