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March 9, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Johnson, Agard, Bewley, Ringhand, Roys,
Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson and Pfaff, cosponsored by Representatives S.
Rodriguez
, Subeck, Sinicki, Hong, Emerson, Stubbs, Andraca, Billings,
Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez,
Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Vining, Anderson, Milroy,
Spreitzer, Cabral-Guevara, Haywood, Vruwink, Hintz, Considine, Hebl and
Ohnstad. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR113,1,1 1Relating to: proclaiming March 2022 as Women's History Month.
SJR113,1,42 Whereas, American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have
3made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our nation in countless
4recorded and unrecorded ways; and
SJR113,1,75 Whereas, American women have played, and continue to play, a critical
6economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of life and constitute a significant
7portion of the labor force working inside and outside the home; and
SJR113,1,98 Whereas, American women have played a unique role throughout the history
9of the nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force; and
SJR113,1,1110 Whereas, American women were particularly important in the establishment
11of early philanthropic and cultural institutions in our nation; and
SJR113,2,212 Whereas, American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own
13rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the
14emancipation movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement,

1and the peace movement, all of which have created a fairer and more just society for
2all; and
SJR113,2,43 Whereas, in 1925, not one but three women were the first female assembly
4representatives to be elected to the Wisconsin Legislature; and
SJR113,2,85 Whereas, Assembly Representative Mildred Barber, a Republican teacher,
6Assembly Representative Helen Brooks, a Republican teacher, and Assembly
7Representative Helen Thompson, a Republican teacher and hotel keeper, paved the
8way for other female leaders to hold legislative positions in Wisconsin; and
SJR113,2,109 Whereas, Democrat Marcia P. Coggs was elected to the state assembly in 1977,
10becoming the first African American woman to serve in the assembly; and
SJR113,2,1211 Whereas, Democrat JoCasta Zamarripa, elected in 2010, became the first
12Latina elected to the assembly; and
SJR113,2,1413 Whereas, Democrat Francesca Hong, elected in 2020, became the first Asian
14American elected to the legislature; and
SJR113,2,1615 Whereas, Democrat Kathryn Morrison, elected in 1974, became the first
16woman elected to the state senate; and
SJR113,2,1817 Whereas, Democrat Gwen Moore, elected in 1992, became the first African
18American woman elected to the state senate; and
SJR113,2,2019 Whereas, in 1987, Republican Betty Jo Nelson became the first woman to serve
20as assembly minority leader; and
SJR113,2,2221 Whereas, in 2014, Republican Pat Strachota became the first woman to serve
22as assembly majority leader; and
SJR113,2,2423 Whereas, in 2022, Democrat Greta Neubauer became the youngest woman ever
24to serve as assembly minority leader; and
SJR113,3,3
1Whereas, in 1985, Senator Susan Engeleiter became the first Republican
2woman to be senate minority leader, and she was the youngest woman ever elected
3to the Wisconsin Legislature; and
SJR113,3,84 Whereas, in 2003, Senator Mary Panzer became the first Republican woman to
5be senate majority leader, and in 2005, Senator Judith Robson became the first
6Democratic woman to be senate minority leader and, in 2007, became the first
7Democratic woman to be senate majority leader, making them the highest-ranking
8women legislators; and
SJR113,3,109 Whereas, in 1973, Barbara Thompson became the first woman to serve as
10superintendent of public instruction; and
SJR113,3,1211 Whereas, in 1978, Democrat Vel Phillips became the first African American
12woman elected to statewide office as secretary of state; and
SJR113,3,1413 Whereas, in 2019, Carolyn Stanford Taylor became the first African American
14woman to serve as superintendent of public instruction; and
SJR113,3,1715 Whereas, Margaret Farrow was the first Republican woman to be lieutenant
16governor, and Barbara Lawton was the first Democratic woman to be lieutenant
17governor in Wisconsin's history; and
SJR113,3,1918 Whereas, in 1996 Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson became the first woman to
19serve as chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court; and
SJR113,3,2220 Whereas, Democrat Tammy Baldwin became the first woman in the history of
21Wisconsin to be elected to the United States Senate and the first openly LGBTQ
22person to serve in the United States Senate; and
SJR113,3,2423 Whereas, in 2021, a total of 41 women took their seats in the state assembly and
24senate, the most ever in Wisconsin history; and
SJR113,4,3
1Whereas, the role of American women continues to evolve and their positive
2contributions to our culture, society, and government continue to grow and inspire
3future generations; now, therefore, be it
SJR113,4,5 4Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the month of March
52022 shall be designated as Women's History Month.
SJR113,4,66 (End)
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