,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #bah  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,m>* #i1 #bjbc,mr4    
,tonko submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i*
 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,education 
& ! ,work=ce  ,,resolution  ,commemorat+
 ! life & legacy ( labor pione] ,kate   
,mullany 9 honor ( ,wom5's ,hi/ory      
,mon?4  ,:]eas1 9 #ahch1 ,kate ,mullany 
0 born 9 ,engl& to ,dom9ic & ,bridgit   
,byrne ,mullany ( ,roscommon ( ,irel&2  
,:]eas1 on ,july #bd1 #ahej1 ,mullany   
emigrat$ to ,new ,york ,city ) h] sibl+s
 ,m>y1 ,kate1 & ,bridgit1 & arriv$ 9    
,troy1 ,new ,york1 ar\nd #ahec2 ,:]eas !
 city ( ,troy1 ,new ,york1 play$ a      
significant role 9 ! developm5t ( !     
deta*able coll> indu/ry1 :]e wom5 made  
up #he p]c5t ( ! work=ce & work$ up to  
#ad-;h\r days = z little z #c p] week2  
,:]eas wom5 :o work$ 9 ! deta*able coll>
 indu/ry 7 subject$ to significant heal?
 & safety haz>ds1 includ+ widespread    
exposure to cau/ic *emicals1 hot wat]1 &
 blea*1 & dem&s = rapid "w add$ to !    

incid5ce ( sev]e burns & o!r dang]s2    
,:]eas ,dom9ic ,mullany di$ 9 #ahfd     
prompt+ ,kate to /ep up z a family      
breadw9n] at #bf ye>s ( age1 ga9+       
employm5t at "o ( ! #ad laundries 9     
,troy1 ,new ,york2 ,:]eas1 9 ,febru>y   
#ahfd1 ,kate ,mullany =m$ & l$ ! ,coll> 
,laundry ,union ( ,troy1 ! fir/ bona    
fide all-female union 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1
 to press = high] wages & saf] "w       
conditions aft] employ]s _h repeat$ly   
ignor$ coll> laundresses' dem&s = fair  
pay2 ,:]eas1 on ,febru>y #bc1 #ahfd1    
,kate ,mullany l$ #cjj wom5 on /rike =  
#e & a half days z "p ( ! newly e/abli%$
 union2 ,:]eas ! ,coll> ,laundry ,union 
( ,troy successfully ga9$ a #be-p]c5t   
wage increase & improv$ work+ conditions
 ) support f ! ,troy ,iron ,mold]s      
,union ,no4 #b & ! community at l>ge1   
legitimiz+ & elevat+ itself z a prom95t 
organization 9 ,troy's gr[+ labor       
movem5t2 ,:]eas ,kate ,mullany aga9 l$ !
 ,coll> ,laundry ,union ( ,troy 9 a     
second /rike 9 #ahff1 successfully rais+

 work]s' wages f #h to #ad a week1 & a  
?ird /rike 9 #ahfi1 ma9ta9+ high] wages 
= union memb]s ?an ! l[] wages t mo/    
work+ wom5 e>n$1 & secur+ b5efits t w\ld
 be available to memb]s ev5 dur+ illness
 & family dea?2 ,:]eas1 9 #ahfh1 ,kate  
,mullany travel$ to ,new ,york ,city to 
att5d ! ,national ,labor ,union meet+   
alongside only #c o!r wom5 delegates3   
,m>y ,kellogg ,putnam1 ,susan ,b4       
,an?ony1 & ,m>y ,a4 ,mac,donald2 ,:]eas 
,kate ,mullany 0 appo9t$ ,assi/ant      
,secret>y by ! ,national ,labor ,union  
,presid5t ,william ,sylvis on ! la/ day 
( ! conf]5ce1 ! fir/ "t 9 ,unit$ ,/ates 
hi/ory t a woman s]v$ z a national labor
 union (fic]2 ,:]eas1 despite dissolv+ !
 ,coll> ,laundry ,union ( ,troy 9 #ahgj1
 a union t _h la/$ m ?an twice z long z 
any o!r wom5's union at ! "t1 ,kate     
,mullany cont9u$ to be a lead+ "p ( a   
network ( labor activi/s & help$ au?or !
 resolution ( ! ,work+ ,wom5's ,/ate    
,labor ,union ( ,new ,york 9 support (  
coop]atives2 ,:]eas a local newspap]    

claim$ !re 7 n en\gh wom5 9 ,new ,york  
to be labor organiz]s1 & ,kate ,mullany 
respond$ confid5tly3 ,y %[ me ! wom5 &  
,i'll turn !m into organiz]s42 ,:]eas   
,kate ,mullany 0 induct$ into !         
,national ,wom5's ,hall ( ,fame 9 ,s5eca
 ,falls1 ,new ,york1 9 #bjjj :]e x is   
not$3 ,z a labor lead] & organiz]1      
,mullany is "o ( e>ly ,am]ican labor    
hi/ory's mo/ important wom51 & into !   
,labor's ,int]national ,hall ( ,fame 9  
,detroit1 ,mi*igan1 9 #bjah2 ,:]eas !   
endur+ legacy ( ,kate ,mullany is z a   
leg5d>y *ampion 9 ! /ruggle = economic &
 social ju/ice = ,am]ica's work+ class1 
& a role model = subsequ5t g5]ations (  
work+ wom52 & ,:]eas ! ,kate ,mullany   
,h\se at #cej ,eigh? ,/reet 9 ,troy1    
,new ,york1 0 designat$ a ,national     
,hi/oric ,l&m>k by ! ,secret>y ( !      
,int]ior 9 #aiih & a ,national ,hi/oric 
,site by an ,act ( ,congress 9 #bjjd1 & 
is own$ & be+ re/or$ by ! ,am]ican      
,labor ,/udies ,c5t]3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  
,t x is ! s5se ( ! ,h\se (              

,repres5tatives t-- 7#a7 ! life ( ,kate 
,mullany atte/s to ! exp]i5ce ( work+   
wom5 9 #ai? c5tury ,am]ica & _! /ruggle 
to obta9 safe work+ conditions1         
reasonable wages1 & respect f ! entire  
,am]ican labor movem5t2  7#b7 ,kate     
,mullany demon/rat$ ! indomitable w (   
work+ wom5 ev]y:]e :o cont9ue to fight =
 equal pay & equal opportunity 9        
workplaces ?r\gh union organiz+ &       
collective b>ga9+2 &  7#c7 ,kate        
,mullany reflect$ ! be/ ,am]ican        
tradition ( us+ h] intellect & c\rage to
 ov]come outdat$ b>ri]s ti$ to g5d]1    
live & "w ) dignity1 & h ! confid5ce to 
pursue h] dreams bo? 9 h] c>e]s & ) h]  
lov$ ones4