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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 579 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 

series should be issued honoring women veterans, and that the Citizens’ 

Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 

that such a stamp series be issued. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative 

postage stamp series should be issued honoring women 

veterans, and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that 

such a stamp series be issued. 

Whereas there are approximately two million women veterans 

living in the United States, who have served their Nation 

with honor and distinction, yet their service is often forgotten and they become ‘‘invisible veterans’’; 

Whereas such women have made invaluable contributions 

since the American Revolution; 

Whereas Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts and Margaret 

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tion and were wounded in combat, and Congress granted 

both pioneering women pensions for their service; 

Whereas Dr. Mary Edwards Walker served as a surgeon during the American Civil War, and is the only woman to 

date to have been awarded the Medal of Honor; 

Whereas Cathy Williams, who was born a slave, enlisted in 

the United States Regular Army disguised as a man and 

served in the American West for three years; 

Whereas Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, a Navy Nurse who served 

during World War I, was the first woman to receive the 

Navy Cross; 

Whereas Hazel Lee, the first Asian-American woman to become a military pilot, flew with Women Airforce Service 

Pilots (WASPs) during World War II; 

Whereas eight women gave their lives serving in Vietnam, including 1st Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, 2nd Lieutenant Pamela Dorothy Donovan, Lieutenant Colonel Annie 

Ruth Graham, Captain Amy Therese Klinkers, 2nd Lieutenant Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba, 2nd Lieutenant 

Elizabeth Ann Jones, Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander, 

and 1st Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orowski; 

Whereas Specialist Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi 

Tribe, was the first Native-American woman in history to 

die in combat while serving in the United States military 

and the first woman in the United States military killed 

in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 

Whereas 1st Lieutenant Ashley White and Captain Jennifer 

Moreno, both soldiers and Cultural Support Team members, gave their lives for our Nation serving in action 

alongside the special operations forces they supported in 

Afghanistan; 


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Whereas United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer 

Shannon Kent, cryptologic technician, wife, and mother, 

was killed in action in Manbij, Syria; and 

Whereas these women warriors and millions of others should 

be honored for their service and recognized for their important contributions to this Nation: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) the United States Postal Service should 

4 issue a commemorative postage stamp series hon5 oring women veterans; and 

6 (2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

7 should recommend to the Postmaster General that 

8 such a stamp series be issued. 

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