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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 176 

Recognizing the significance of women in education. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2015 

Ms. ADAMS (for herself, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. ESTY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

CROWLEY, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. BROWN of 

Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the significance of women in education. 

Whereas in 1902, Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded 

Palmer Memorial Institute; 

Whereas Nannie Helen Burroughs founded the National 

Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, 

DC, in 1909; 

Whereas Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial School for Negro Girls, which 

later became Bethune-Cookman College; 

Whereas in 1727, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula 

founded Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, earning the 


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distinction of being the oldest continuously operating 

school for girls; 

Whereas in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention was held in 

New York to gain support for education and suffrage, 

creating a foundation for efforts toward equal education 

for women; 

Whereas Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the 

world to receive her medical degree in 1849; 

Whereas in 1850, Lucy Sessions was the first African-American woman to obtain a college degree in the United 

States; 

Whereas in 1860, Fanny Jackson Coppin was named principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania, becoming the first African-American 

woman to head an institution for higher learning in the 

United States; 

Whereas in 1870, Ada Kepley became the first American 

woman to earn a law degree, which she earned at Northwestern School of Law; 

Whereas in 1871, Harriette Cooke became the first woman 

college professor in the United States appointed full professor with a salary equal to her male peers; 

Whereas in 1877, Helen Magill White became the first American woman to earn a Ph.D., which she earned at Boston 

University; 

Whereas in 1949, Ana G. Me ́ndez founded the Ana G. 

Me ́ndez University System in Puerto Rico; 

Whereas in 1955, Willa B. Player became the first woman 

president of Bennett College for Women; and 


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Whereas in 1962, Martha Bernal became the first Latina to 

earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the United States from Indiana University, Bloomington: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the significance of women in edu3 cation and acknowledges their contributions to ad4 vancing the rights of women and recognizes the sig5 nificance of women in education to dismantling bar6 riers to ethnic, racial, and gender equality in the 

7 United States; 

8 (2) recognizes that ethnic, racial, and gender 

9 diversity of the United States enriches and strength10 ens the Nation; and 

11 (3) encourages all States to include in their 

12 year-round educational curriculum the history and 

13 contributions of women in education to their respec14 tive States, and the Nation as a whole. 

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