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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The observance of Women's History Month in March |
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2019 provides an opportunity to celebrate the enormous |
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contributions women have made to our society; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1978, the event began as a weeklong program in |
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Santa Rosa, California, sponsored by the Education Task Force of |
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the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women; the organizers |
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selected the week of March 8 to correspond with International |
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Women's Day; activities included an essay contest, presentations at |
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dozens of schools, and a downtown parade; and |
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WHEREAS, Other communities across the country were inspired |
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to launch their own Women's History Week celebrations the following |
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year; in 1980, the National Women's History Alliance led a |
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consortium of women's groups and historians in advocating for |
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national recognition, and that February, President Jimmy Carter |
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issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 8 to be National |
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Women's History Week; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1987, at the behest of the National Women's |
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History Alliance, Congress expanded the observance to the entire |
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month; the alliance selects the theme each year, and for 2019, it |
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has chosen "Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence" to |
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honor those "who have led efforts to end war, violence, and |
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injustice and pioneered the use of nonviolence to change society"; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Many historians in Texas have dedicated their |
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efforts to discovering and recognizing the legacy of women in the |
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Lone Star State and exploring what it means to be a Texas woman; in |
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1991 Governor Ann Richards supported this endeavor by issuing the |
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first gubernatorial proclamation in the state's history to declare |
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March Women's History Month; and |
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WHEREAS, Women have played a vital role in the development of |
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Texas and the United States, and National Women's History Month |
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provides an opportunity to acknowledge achievements that have too |
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often gone unsung; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 2019 as National Women's History |
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Month. |
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Thompson of Harris |
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Shaheen |
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Meyer |
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Morrison |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Guerra |
Noble |
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Bailes |
Hernandez |
Patterson |
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Bell of Kaufman |
Hinojosa |
Perez |
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Bell of Montgomery |
Holland |
Phelan |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
E. Johnson of Dallas |
Reynolds |
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Bowers |
J. Johnson of Dallas |
Rodriguez |
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Buckley |
Johnson of Harris |
Romero, Jr. |
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Burns |
King of Hemphill |
Rosenthal |
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Burrows |
King of Parker |
Sanford |
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Button |
King of Uvalde |
Schaefer |
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Canales |
Kuempel |
Sherman, Sr. |
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Capriglione |
Lambert |
Shine |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lucio III |
Thierry |
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Davis of Harris |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Dean |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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Deshotel |
Metcalf |
Tinderholt |
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Dutton |
Meza |
Turner of Dallas |
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Farrar |
Middleton |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Gervin-Hawkins |
Muñoz, Jr. |
Wray |
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González of Dallas |
Murr |
Zedler |
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González of El Paso |
Neave |
Zerwas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 984 was adopted by the House on March |
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26, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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