Bill Text: CA AR56 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to Women's Equality Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-08-25 - Introduced. [AR56 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AR56-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 56	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        AUGUST 25, 2014

   Relative to Women's Equality Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The first women's rights convention on July 19, 1848, was
called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott to win equal
rights for and expand the role of women in society; and
   WHEREAS, On that date, the fight for women's rights came together
as an organized effort; and
   WHEREAS, The addition of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution on August 26, 1920, secured for women the right
to vote; and
   WHEREAS, The passage of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964
barred employment discrimination against women; and
   WHEREAS, The enactment of Title IX of the federal Education
Amendments of 1972 guaranteed equal opportunity in education and
sports; and
   WHEREAS, Many women have planned, organized, lectured, written,
marched, lobbied, canvassed voters, staged parades, become candidates
for political office, argued court cases, and more, in order to
irrevocably change for the better the world of today's women; and
   WHEREAS, Today's women are living the legacy of equal rights
achieved against all odds; and
   WHEREAS, The women of the United States have designated August 26
as a symbol of the continued fight for equal rights; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Congress recognizes that August 26 of
each year is designated as Women's Equality Day and the President of
the United States annually issues a proclamation commemorating August
26, 1920, as the day when the women of the United States were first
given the right to vote and that same date in 1970 when a nationwide
demonstration for women's rights took place; and
   WHEREAS, The League of Women Voters of Sacramento County join
women throughout the United States in celebrating the continuing
crusade for equality for women in all areas of public and private
life; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That, upon
the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution, the Assembly recognizes August 26, 2014, as Women's
Equality Day and its historic importance to women's rights; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.