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WI AR6

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Dittrich

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates March 2025 and March 2026 as Women's History Months in Wisconsin

  • Recognizes Wisconsin's historic role in women's rights, including being the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment on June 10, 1919, and passing the nation's first women's equal rights law in July 1921

  • Highlights key milestones: property rights for married women in 1850, first women graduating from University of Wisconsin in 1869, and first female assembly representatives elected in 1925

  • Notes that 44 women serve in the 2025 Wisconsin state assembly and senate, the most in state history

  • Acknowledges Wisconsin women's contributions across fields including government, military service (approximately 30,000 women veterans), business ownership (18% of employer firms), and notable figures such as Golda Meir, Vel Phillips, and Georgia O'Keeffe

Legislative Description

Proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History Months.

Last Action

Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

4/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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