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AR SR11

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/9/2021

Primary Sponsor

Linda Chesterfield

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Origin

Senate

93rd General Assembly (2021 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Proclaims March 2021 as Women's History Month in Arkansas and recognizes the importance of women in the history of the United States

  • Acknowledges women's historical contributions to home, workplace, education, courts, and wartime efforts, as well as their leadership in charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions

  • Recognizes women's pivotal roles in the suffrage movement, abolitionist movement, emancipation movement, labor movements, and civil rights movements

  • Notes that women represent approximately half of the United States workforce and have served as leaders in business, science, government, math, art, literature, music, film, and athletics

  • Highlights that over 200,000 active duty service women and 2 million veterans have served in the United States Armed Forces, and references Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas as the first woman elected to the United States Senate in 1932

Legislative Description

To Proclaim March 2021 Women's History Month In Arkansas.

Last Action

Sine Die adjournment

10/15/2021

Full Bill Text

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