IV 
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 Edu-
cational 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-Amer-
ican woman to obtain a college degree in the United 
States; 
Whereas in 1860, Fanny Jackson Coppin was named prin-
cipal 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 North-
western School of Law; 
Whereas in 1871, Harriette Cooke became the first woman 
college professor in the United States appointed full pro-
fessor with a salary equal to her male peers; 
Whereas in 1877, Helen Magill White became the first Amer-
ican 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 In-
diana University, Bloomington: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the significance of women in edu-
cation and acknowledges their contributions to ad-
vancing the rights of women and recognizes the sig-
nificance of women in education to dismantling bar-
riers to ethnic, racial, and gender equality in the 
United States; 
(2) recognizes that ethnic, racial, and gender 
diversity of the United States enriches and strength-
ens the Nation; and 
(3) encourages all States to include in their 
year-round educational curriculum the history and 
contributions of women in education to their respec-
tive States, and the Nation as a whole. 
Æ 
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