Full Text of HR0922 94th General Assembly
HR0922 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 learned with sadness of the death of Betty | 4 |
| Friedan, a former citizen of Illinois and pioneer of women's | 5 |
| rights in America, who passed away on February 4, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born Bettye Naomi Goldstein on February 4, | 7 |
| 1921, in Peoria, where she spent her childhood; she later went | 8 |
| on to graduate summa cum laude from Smith College in 1942; | 9 |
| after her graduation, she studied psychology for one year at | 10 |
| the University of California Berkeley; and
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| WHEREAS, She was married to Carl Friedan from 1947 until | 12 |
| 1969 and was blessed with three children; as a result of her | 13 |
| pregnancy in 1952, Ms. Friedan was fired from her journalism | 14 |
| job, leading her to question the way American society treated | 15 |
| women in the workforce; and
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| WHEREAS, During her marriage she began to work on her first | 17 |
| book, "The Feminine Mystique", a book which many site as the | 18 |
| starting point of the modern women's rights movement; her book, | 19 |
| which was simultaneously applauded and condemned, spoke to | 20 |
| women from all walks of life and addresses what she called "the | 21 |
| problem with no name", one in which women were leading the | 22 |
| lives society expected from them, but finding themselves | 23 |
| unfulfilled; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Friedan encouraged women to follow their | 25 |
| dreams, including those of work outside the home, while at the | 26 |
| same time urging people not to turn their back on their family; | 27 |
| it was her belief, a radical belief at the time, that a woman | 28 |
| could be a wife, mother, and lead a rewarding and fulfilling | 29 |
| professional life; she went on to become an accomplished | 30 |
| author, writing such books as "The Second Stage", "It Changed | 31 |
| My Life", "Writings on the Women's Movement", and "The Fountain |
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| of Age"; she also helped organize the National Organization of | 2 |
| Women and served as the organization's president from 1966 to | 3 |
| 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, Women throughout America owe a debt of gratitude | 5 |
| to Betty Friedan for her pioneering leadership in the field of | 6 |
| women's rights and her adherence to the radical idea "Women are | 7 |
| people too"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| we mourn the passing of Betty Friedan, who championed the cause | 11 |
| of women's rights and will forever be remembered as a | 12 |
| groundbreaker for the cause, and we extend our deepest sympathy | 13 |
| to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 14 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our sincerest | 17 |
| condolences for their loss.
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