SJR41 Summary

• Expresses Alabama's support for establishing a National Women's History Museum (NWHM) on or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

• Notes that Congress declared March "Women's History Month" in 1987 and that the President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History called for such a museum in 1999.

• States the NWHM will be purchased with privately raised funds at fair market value with no federal funding requested, and will showcase women's contributions to American history in business, arts, sciences, government, entertainment, education, and community.

• Cites that women comprise 51 percent of the nation's population but only 10 percent of people identified in surveyed history textbooks are women, demonstrating their underrepresentation in historical records.

• Directs that copies of the resolution be provided to each member of the Alabama Congressional Delegation.