IA
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 143
Designating March 1993 and March 1994 both as ‘‘Women’s History Month’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 10, 1993
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN,
Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr.
BECERRA, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BILIRAKIS,
Mr. BLACKWELL, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs.
BYRNE, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. COLEMAN, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Miss COLLINS of
Michigan, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CRAMER,
Ms. DANNER, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. DIXON, Mr. ESHOO,
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FAZIO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr.
FORD of Michigan, Mr. FROST, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GUN-
DERSON, Mr. HAMBURG, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr.
HOLDEN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Ms. E.B.
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KASICH, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. KEN-
NELLY, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. LLOYD, Mrs.
MALONEY, 
Ms. 
MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, 
Mr. 
MCCLOSKEY, 
Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK, Mrs. MEYERS
of Kansas, Mr. MILLER of California, Mrs. MINK, Ms. MOLINARI, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PAXON, Ms.
PELOSI, Mr. POSHARD, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SANDERS,
Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.
SMITH
of Texas, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STOKES, Mr. STUDDS, Mrs.
THURMAN, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. WALSH, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
WILSON of Texas, Mr. WOLF, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. NEAL of
Massachusetts, Mr. STARK, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr.
BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr.
MCNULTY, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. WASHINGTON, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. GEKAS,
Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GALLEGLY, and Mr. LEHMAN) intro-
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duced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service
JOINT RESOLUTION
Designating March 1993 and March 1994 both as ‘‘Women’s
History Month’’.
Whereas American women of every race, class, and ethnic
background have made historic contributions to the
growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded
and unrecorded ways;
Whereas American women have played and continue to play
a critical economic, cultural, and social role in every
sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a signifi-
cant portion of the labor force working inside and outside
of the home;
Whereas American women have played a unique role through-
out the history of the Nation by providing the majority
of the volunteer labor force of the Nation;
Whereas American women were particularly important in the
establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cul-
tural institutions in our Nation;
Whereas American women of every race, class, and ethnic
background served as early leaders in the forefront of
every major progressive social change movement;
Whereas American women have been leaders not only in se-
curing their own rights of suffrage and equal oppor-
tunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emanci-
pation movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil
rights movement, and other movements, especially the
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peace movement, which create a more fair and just
society for all; 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 by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That March 1993 and March 1994 are designated both
as ‘‘Women’s History Month’’, and the President is
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation call-
ing upon the people of the United States to observe
that month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and
activities.
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