Full Text of HR1247 95th General Assembly
HR1247 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The future of our nation's productivity and | 3 |
| competitiveness in the global workplace depends on the success | 4 |
| of boys and girls, men and women; and
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| WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in | 6 |
| education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Association of University Women | 8 |
| opens doors for women and girls and influences public debate on | 9 |
| critical social issues such as education, civil rights, and | 10 |
| workplace equity; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Association of University Women | 12 |
| promotes excellence in academia for women through the | 13 |
| improvement of schools, communities, and fields of work for the | 14 |
| benefit of all; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Association of University Women is | 16 |
| one of the oldest existing organizations dedicated to promoting | 17 |
| education and equity for women and girls; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Association of University Women will | 19 |
| hold their annual Lobby Day at the Illinois State Capitol on | 20 |
| April 30, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Association of University Women was | 2 |
| founded on November 28, 1881; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The American Association of University Women of | 4 |
| Illinois advances the American Association of University | 5 |
| Women's 127-year legacy of leadership on behalf of women and | 6 |
| girls; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, On April 22, 2008 Governor Rod Blagojevich | 8 |
| proclaimed Equal Pay Day in Illinois; the Census Bureau reports | 9 |
| that, on average, a woman earns 77 cents for every dollar | 10 |
| earned by a man; the numbers are even worse for women of color; | 11 |
| for the average woman's salary to equal that of a man in 2007, | 12 |
| she would have had to work from January 1, 2007, until April | 13 |
| 22, 2008; Equal Pay Day raises awareness about this critical | 14 |
| gender pay disparity; therefore, be it | 15 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate the American Association of University Women on | 18 |
| Equal Pay Day in Illinois and on their annual Lobby Day; and | 19 |
| urge all the citizens of the State of Illinois to recognize the | 20 |
| value of education and an equitable society and the laudable | 21 |
| work of the American Association of University Women; and be it | 22 |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the American Association of University Women as a | 3 |
| symbol of our respect.
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