IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 649 
Commemorating the second annual ‘‘Milwaukee Brides Walk’’ and recognizing 
all brides marches in protest of domestic violence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. KIND, 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. SOLIS, and Mr. OBEY) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the second annual ‘‘Milwaukee Brides 
Walk’’ and recognizing all brides marches in protest of 
domestic violence. 
Whereas the first brides walk was held in New York over 6 
years ago in memory of Gladys Ricart, who was brutally 
murdered by an abusive ex-boyfriend on her wedding day 
as she was handing the floral bouquets to her brides-
maids; 
Whereas the first brides march was started by Josie Ashton, 
a domestic violence advocate who put on her wedding 
dress and started a 1,600-mile march down the East 
Coast from New York; 
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•HRES 649 IH 
Whereas every year women across the world organize walks, 
dressed as brides, to not only remember Gladys Ricart, 
but to protest against domestic violence; 
Whereas domestic violence is the willful intimidation, assault, 
battery, sexual assault, or other abusive behavior per-
petrated by an intimate partner against another which 
includes women and men; 
Whereas 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence dur-
ing her lifetime; 
Whereas 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced 
an attempted or completed rape; 
Whereas on average, more than 3 women are murdered by 
their husbands or boyfriends in the United States every 
day; 
Whereas 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an inti-
mate partner in 2000; 
Whereas 30 percent of Americans say they know a woman 
who has been physically abused by her husband or boy-
friend in the past year; 
Whereas roughly 300,000 to 400,000 men are treated vio-
lently by their wife or girlfriend; 
Whereas in Wisconsin in 2004, 33 individuals in Wisconsin 
lost their lives at the hands of a current or former part-
ner, or were present at the scene when domestic violence 
was occurring and lost their lives during the incident; 
Whereas 1 child was murdered and 22 children were or-
phaned due to domestic homicide in Wisconsin in 2004; 
Whereas the Milwaukee Brides Walk was the first brides 
walk in the state of Wisconsin and took place on Sep-
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•HRES 649 IH 
tember 17, 2006 and the second Brides Walk will take 
place on September 16, 2007; and 
Whereas the purpose of the brides walk will be to honor the 
memory of deceased victims and promote awareness of 
domestic violence issues in the Latino community: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the memory of domestic violence victims, celebrates the 
Milwaukee Brides Walk, and recognizes all bride walks in 
protest of domestic violence. 
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