IN SR0058

Indiana Senate Resolution recognizing March as Women's History Month and honoring contributions of notable Indiana women throughout history

Honors Lovina Streight (born 1830), Civil War nurse nicknamed "The Mother of the 51st" for providing medical aid to soldiers

Recognizes Allison Bacon (born 1865, Evansville) who drafted Indiana's first housing standards legislation in 1909, later passed statewide

Honors Kathleen Bailey (born 1895, Kokomo), civil rights activist who helped organize the NAACP in Indiana during the 1920s, and Madam C.J. Walker, who became Indiana's first self-made female millionaire through her hair care business in 1910

Recognizes Vivian Carter (born 1921, Gary), who co-founded Vee Jay Records and signed the Beatles in 1963, and Loretta Rush, Chief Justice of Indiana's Supreme Court