IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1091 
Recognizing and thanking the Nation’s women’s colleges and universities 
and recognizing March 5 as ‘‘National Women’s Colleges and Universities 
Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2024 
Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Ms. DELAURO, and Ms. BALINT) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and thanking the Nation’s women’s colleges and 
universities and recognizing March 5 as ‘‘National Wom-
en’s Colleges and Universities Day’’. 
Whereas American women’s colleges, founded more than 250 
years ago to create access and opportunity for women in 
higher education, and the 30 remaining institutions in 
our Nation continue to operate toward that noble mission 
to this day; 
Whereas the number of American women’s colleges have de-
creased from 230 institutions in the 1960s to only 30 op-
erating today; 
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•HRES 1091 IH 
Whereas America’s women’s colleges have historically played 
and continue to play a critical economic, cultural, and so-
cial role in the life of the Nation; 
Whereas women’s colleges have played a hard-fought role in 
the history of the United States of America by forging 
the first means for higher educational parity for women 
of our Nation; 
Whereas women’s colleges have been particularly important in 
the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and 
cultural institutions in our Nation; 
Whereas our Nation’s women’s colleges enroll high numbers 
of diverse student populations and first-generation stu-
dents, thereby addressing our Nation’s need for socio-
economic mobility as well as a more diverse workforce; 
Whereas 60 percent of women’s colleges have a higher than 
national average of Pell recipients, thus continuing their 
mission of serving the underserved of the Nation; 
Whereas the percent of bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields 
conferred to American women of color is significantly 
higher at women’s colleges than co-ed liberal arts col-
leges; 
Whereas women’s colleges are singularly focused on the ad-
vancement of women by providing exceptional leadership 
opportunities and experiences which empower women and 
prepare them for success in a global society; 
Whereas women’s colleges present a unique and individual-
ized learning experience for their students, delivering 
well-qualified women to our Nation’s labor force; and 
Whereas, despite this, the role of women’s colleges in history 
has been consistently overlooked and undervalued, in the 
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•HRES 1091 IH 
engagement, elevation of, and representation in our Na-
tion’s higher education system: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the indelible impact of the women’s college move-
ment and sector, and we thank them, for their invaluable 
contribution to the American higher education landscape 
and to the Nation’s workforce. 
Æ 
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