,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #abe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#bg1 #bjai,mrs4 ,feinstein 7for herself1
 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,ms4  
,collins1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mr4
 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4     
,carper1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4  
,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4 ,cortez
 ,masto1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4
 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 
,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4     
,peters1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1    
,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4     
,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4
 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and 
,ms4 ,mc,sally7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,designating   
,march #bjai as ,national ,women's      
,history ,month4  ,whereas ,national    
,women's ,history ,month recognizes and 
spreads awareness of the importance of  
women in the history of the ,united     

,states2 ,whereas1 throughout the       
history of the ,united ,states1 whether 
in the home1 their workplace1 school1   
the courts1 or in wartime1 women have   
fought for themselves1 their families1  
and all people of the ,united ,states2  
,whereas1 even from the early days of   
the history of the ,united ,states1     
,abigail ,adams urged her husband to    
,remember the ladies when               
representatives met for the ,continental
 ,congress in #aggf2 ,whereas women were
 particularly important in the          
establishment of early charitable1      
philanthropic1 and cultural institutions
 in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas women 
led the efforts to secure suffrage and  
equal opportunity for women1 and also   
served in the abolitionist movement1 the
 emancipation movement1 labor movements1
 civil rights movements1 and other      
causes to create a more fair and just   
society for all2 ,whereas suffragists   
wrote1 marched1 were arrested1 and      
ultimately succeeded in achieving the   

enactment of--  7#a7 the #aith          
,amendment to the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states1 section #a of which    
provides that ,the right of citizens of 
the ,united ,states to vote shall not be
 denied or abridged by the ,united      
,states or by any state on account of   
sex2 and  7#b7 the ,voting ,rights ,act 
of #aife 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcja et seq471
 which extended the protection of the   
right to vote to women of color and     
language minorities2  ,whereas1 in      
#bjai1 the ,united ,states celebrates   
the #ajjth anniversary of ,congress     
proposing the #aith ,amendment to the   
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which guarantees women the              
constitutional right to vote2 ,whereas  
women have been and continue to be      
leaders in the forefront of social      
change efforts1 business1 science1      
government1 math1 art1 literature1      
music1 film1 athletics1 and more2       
,whereas women now represent            
approximately half of the workforce of  

the ,united ,states2 ,whereas women once
 were routinely barred from attending   
medical schools of the ,united ,states1 
but now are enrolling in medical schools
 of the ,united ,states at higher       
numbers than men2 ,whereas women        
previously were turned away from law    
school1 but now represent approximately 
half of law students in the ,united     
,states2 ,whereas women have been vital 
to the mission of the ,armed ,forces    
since the ,american ,revolution1 serving
 in volunteer and enlisted positions1   
with more than #bjj1jjj active-duty     
servicewomen and #b1jjj1jjj veterans    
representing every branch of service2   
,whereas more than #aj1jjj1jjj women own
 businesses in the ,united ,states2     
,whereas ,jeannette ,rankin of ,montana 
was the first woman elected to the      
,house of ,representatives in #aiaf and 
,hattie ,wyatt ,caraway of ,arkansas was
 the first woman elected to the ,united 
,states ,senate in #aicb2 ,whereas      
,margaret ,chase ,smith of ,maine was   

the first woman to serve in both houses 
of ,congress2 ,whereas a record number  
of women were elected to public office  
in the #bjah midterm elections2         
,whereas1 in the #aafth ,congress1 a    
record #be women serve as ,united       
,states ,senators1 and #ajb women serve 
in the ,house of ,representatives2      
,whereas ,president ,jimmy ,carter      
issued the first ,presidential          
,proclamation designating ,march #b     
through #h1 #aihj1 as ,national ,women's
 ,history ,week2 ,whereas1 in #aihg1 a  
bipartisan group of ,senators introduced
 the first joint resolution to pass     
,congress designating ,women's ,history 
,month2 ,whereas ,president ,ronald     
,reagan issued the first ,women's       
,history ,month ,presidential           
,proclamation in #aihg2 and ,whereas1   
despite the advancements of women in the
 ,united ,states1 much remains to be    
done to ensure that women realize their 
full potential as equal members of      
society in the ,united ,states3 ,now1   

therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 designates ,march #bjai as         
,national ,women's ,history ,month2     
7#b7 recognizes the celebration of      
,national ,women's ,history ,month as a 
time to reflect on the many notable     
contributions that women have made to   
the ,united ,states2 and  7#c7 urges the
 people of the ,united ,states to       
observe ,national ,women's ,history     
,month with appropriate programs and    
activities4