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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2017, TO BE "WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH"

IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Morgan, Ruggiero, Williams, and
Walsh

     Date Introduced: March 08, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made historic

contributions to the growth and strength of our State and Nation in countless recorded and

unrecorded ways; and

     WHEREAS, Women have played and continue to play critical economic, cultural, and

social roles in every sphere of life in Rhode Island by constituting a significant portion of the

labor force working inside and outside of the home; and

     WHEREAS, Women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable,

philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our State; and

     WHEREAS, Women of every race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders

in the forefront of every major social change movement and have served our country

courageously in all branches of the military and public safety; and

     WHEREAS, Women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of suffrage

and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the

industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement, and especially the peace movement, which

creates a fairer and just society for all; and

     WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of women has been consistently

overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, teaching and the study of American history; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby proclaims the month of March, 2017, to be "Women's History

Month" in recognition of the many contributions of women; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House, in keeping with the National Women's History Month

focus, has also adopted the theme "Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business."

Rhode Island women have defied the social mores of their times by demonstrating their abilities

to create organizations and establish businesses that paved the way for generations of women

labor and business leaders to follow.

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