TITLE: Recognizing March as Women's History Month.

SUMMARY: Recognizing March as Women's History Month.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Texas women of every age, culture, and socioeconomic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of this state in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and WHEREAS, Texas women have played and continue to play a critical economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of this state by making up a significant portion of the labor force inside and outside of the home; and WHEREAS, Texas women have been leaders in not only securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement, the peace movement, and other movements, all of which create a more fair and just society for all; and WHEREAS, Women such as Ann Richards, the second woman to be elected as governor of Texas, Barbara Jordan, an African American politician and educator who altered the political landscape in Texas, Oveta Culp Hobby, the first director of the Women's Army Corps, and Emma Tenayuca, a leader of oppressed workers in the Mexican American community, have all made a lasting impression on Texas history; and WHEREAS, Though women have made significant advances, women still have great strides to make; and therefore, this legislature encourages future generations of women to find the courage and strength to continue to fight for women's rights; and WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in the literature, teaching, and study of American history; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize March as Women's History Month and celebrate the contributions made by women of the State of Texas. Farrar Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 941 was adopted by the House on March 18, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House