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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 448 

Designating March 2018 as ‘‘National Women’s History Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2018 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CARPER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. REED, Ms. 

BALDWIN, Mr. KAINE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. KING, Mr. 

COONS, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. ERNST, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

BENNET, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. HARRIS, 

Mr. DURBIN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. SMITH, and Ms. CANTWELL) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating March 2018 as ‘‘National Women’s History 

Month’’. 

Whereas National Women’s History Month recognizes and 

spreads awareness of the importance of women in the history of the United States; 

Whereas throughout the history of the United States, whether in the home, their workplace, school, the courts, or in 

wartime, women have fought for themselves, their families, and all people of the United States; 

Whereas, even from the early days of the history of the 

United States, Abigail Adams urged her husband to ‘‘ReVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:55 Mar 23, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR448.ATS SR448

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member the ladies’’ when representatives met for the 

Continental Congress in 1776; 

Whereas women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in the United States; 

Whereas women led the efforts to secure suffrage and equal 

opportunity for women, and also served in the abolitionist 

movement, the emancipation movement, labor movements, civil rights movements, and other causes to create 

a more fair and just society for all; 

Whereas suffragists wrote, marched, were arrested, and ultimately succeeded in achieving the enactment of the 19th 

Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, section 1 of which provides that ‘‘The right of citizens of the 

United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by 

the United States or by any state on account of sex’’, as 

well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 

et seq.), which extended the protection of the right to 

vote to women of color and language minorities; 

Whereas women have been and continue to step up as leaders 

in the forefront of social change efforts, business, science, 

government, math, art, literature, music, film, athletics, 

and more; 

Whereas women now represent approximately half of the 

workforce of the United States; 

Whereas women once were routinely barred from attending 

medical schools of the United States, but now are enrolling in medical schools of the United States at higher 

numbers than men; 


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Whereas women previously were turned away from law 

school, but now represent approximately half of law students in the United States; 

Whereas women have been vital to the mission of the Armed 

Forces since the American Revolution, serving in volunteer and enlisted positions, with more than 200,000 active-duty servicewomen and 2,000,000 veterans representing every branch of service; 

Whereas more than 10,000,000 women own businesses in the 

United States; 

Whereas Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first woman 

elected to the House of Representatives in 1916 and Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas was the first woman 

elected to the United States Senate in 1932; 

Whereas Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was the first 

woman to serve in both houses of Congress; 

Whereas, in the 115th Congress, a record 22 women serve as 

United States Senators, and 89 women serve in the 

House of Representatives; 

Whereas President Jimmy Carter issued the first Presidential 

Proclamation designating March 2 through 8, 1980, as 

‘‘National Women’s History Week’’; 

Whereas, in 1987, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced 

the first joint resolution to pass Congress designating 

‘‘Women’s History Month’’; 

Whereas President Ronald Reagan issued the first ‘‘Women’s 

History Month’’ Presidential Proclamation in 1987; and 

Whereas, despite the advancements of women in the United 

States, much remains to be done to ensure that women 


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realize their full potential as equal members of society in 

the United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates March 2018 as ‘‘National Wom3 en’s History Month’’; 

4 (2) recognizes the celebration of ‘‘National 

5 Women’s History Month’’ as a time to reflect on the 

6 many notable contributions that women have made 

7 to the United States; 

8 (3) urges the people of the United States to ob9 serve ‘‘National Women’s History Month’’ with ap10 propriate programs and activities. 

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