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CA AR122
Resolution
Status
8/31/2018
Primary Sponsor
Susan Eggman
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AI Summary
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Honors Grace Dorris, Esto Broughton, Elizabeth Hughes, and Anna Saylor as the first four women elected to the California State Assembly in 1918, seven years after women won voting rights in California
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Grace Dorris won Republican, Democratic, Socialist, and Prohibition primaries and advocated for shorter work hours for domestic servants and creation of a public defender's office
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Esto Broughton co-authored landmark irrigation legislation for San Joaquin Valley and reformed California's community property law
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Elizabeth Hughes chaired the Assembly Education Committee and sponsored legislation expanding what became Chico State University and establishing junior colleges and part-time schools
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Anna Saylor campaigned to eradicate illiteracy, led efforts to abolish capital punishment for minors, and established psychiatric clinics in state prisons and mental health services for the elderly
Legislative Description
Relative to the 100th anniversary of the first women elected to the California State Assembly.
Last Action
Read. Adopted.
8/31/2018