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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 6
March 11, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Dittrich
,
Subeck
,
Brown
,
Duchow
,
Hysell
,
J. Jacobson
,
Johnson
,
Kirsch
,
Melotik
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
O'Connor
,
Palmeri
,
Prado
,
Rodriguez
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Spaude
,
Stubbs
,
Joers
and
Sinicki
. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AR6,1,2
1
Relating to:
proclaiming March 2025 and March 2026 as Women’s History
2
Months.
AR6,1,5
3
Whereas, American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have
4
made historic contributions to our nation in countless recorded and unrecorded
5
ways; and
AR6,1,7
6
Whereas, the Wisconsin Legislature granted property rights to married
7
women in 1850; and
AR6,1,11
8
Whereas, in 1869, the first women graduated from the University of
9
Wisconsin. That same year, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law allowing
10
women to run for school boards and other elective school offices, though they could
11
not vote in school board elections until 1884; and
AR6,2,2
12
Whereas, in the campaign for Women’s Suffrage, Wisconsin produced notable
13
suffragists such as Olympia Brown of Racine, Clara Bewick Colby of Madison,
1
Carrie Chapman Catt of Ripon, Jessie Jack Hooper of Oshkosh, Ada James of
2
Richland Center, and Belle Case La Follette of Baraboo; and
AR6,2,7
3
Whereas, Wisconsin is part of the original 36 states to ratify the 19th
4
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides, “The right of citizens of the
5
United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any
6
State on account of sex,” and holds the distinction of being the first state to ratify, on
7
June 10, 1919, and formally certify its ratification papers in Washington, D.C.; and
AR6,2,11
8
Whereas, in July 1921, after decades of campaigning by women for voting and
9
other rights, Wisconsin passed the nation’s first women’s equal rights law, declaring
10
“Women shall have the same rights and privileges under the law as men,” including
11
“holding office”—affirming women’s right to hold any public office; and
AR6,2,16
12
Whereas, a 1923 survey of Wisconsin cities and villages by the University of
13
Wisconsin’s Municipal Information Bureau identified more than 400 women in
14
public office, of whom approximately half sat on school and library boards and who
15
also included Wisconsin’s first female mayor, county supervisor, sheriff, nine
16
alderwomen, 12 village trustees, and dozens of clerks and treasurers; and
AR6,2,19
17
Whereas, in 1925, three women, Representatives Mildred Barber of Wausau,
18
Hellen Brooks of Coloma, and Helen Thompson of Park Falls, were the first female
19
assembly representatives to be elected to the Wisconsin Legislature; and
AR6,2,21
20
Whereas, Wisconsin amended its own constitution in 1934 to include women’s
21
suffrage; and
AR6,3,2
22
Whereas, in 1983, the Wisconsin Women’s Council became a permanent state
1
agency governed by a bipartisan board appointed by the governor and legislative
2
leaders; and
AR6,3,4
3
Whereas, in 2025, a total of 44 women took their seats in the state assembly
4
and senate, the most ever in Wisconsin history; and
AR6,3,7
5
Whereas, the role of American women continues to evolve, and their positive
6
contributions to our culture, society, and government continue to grow and inspire
7
future generations; and
AR6,3,11
8
Whereas, throughout the history of the United States, whether in their homes,
9
in their workplaces, in schools, in the community, in the courts, or during wartime,
10
women have fought for themselves, their families, and all people of the United
11
States; and
AR6,3,14
12
Whereas, since the American Revolution, women have been vital to the
13
mission of the armed forces, with about 30,000 women veterans from Wisconsin
14
representing every branch of service; and
AR6,3,19
15
Whereas, American women have played and continue to play a critical
16
economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of life and constitute a significant
17
portion of the labor force working inside and outside the home, with women now
18
representing approximately half of the workforce of the United States and owning
19
more than 12.4 million businesses; and
AR6,3,21
20
Whereas, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, women are at the helm of
21
about 18 percent of all employer firms located in Wisconsin; and
AR6,4,19
22
Whereas, the women of Wisconsin have been and continue to be leaders in the
23
forefront of international affairs, social change efforts, education, journalism,
1
literature, art, film, technology, math, science, athletics, and other fields including
2
Golda Meir, who grew up in Milwaukee and was the Prime Minister of Israel from
3
1969 to 1974; Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian president Ellen Johnson
4
Sirleaf, who attended school in Madison and was the first female head of state of
5
any African country; Vel Phillips, a woman of many firsts, was the first Black
6
woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School, the first woman
7
alder elected to the Common Council of Milwaukee, the first woman judge in
8
Milwaukee County, the first African American to serve in Wisconsin’s judiciary,
9
and the first woman elected as Wisconsin’s secretary of state; Dickey Chapelle was
10
the first female American war correspondent to parachute with American troops
11
and the first killed covering combat; Electa “Wuhwehweeheemeew” Quinney was
12
Wisconsin’s first public schoolteacher; Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the “Little
13
House” book series, hailed from Pepin; Lorraine Hansberry, playwright for
A Raisin
14
in the Sun
was the first Black woman to have a play produced on Broadway; Georgia
15
O’Keeffe of Sun Prairie was a major American artist of the 20th century who
16
developed a unique approach to abstract painting that reflected the landscapes
17
around her; and Bonnie Blair is a world record-holding speed skater, a six-time
18
Olympic medalist, and one of the most decorated women in Winter Olympic history;
19
and
AR6,4,22
20
Whereas, despite the advancements of women in the United States, much
21
remains to be done to ensure that women realize their full potential as equal
22
members of society in the United States; and
AR6,5,2
23
Whereas, National Women’s History Month recognizes and spreads awareness
1
of the importance of women in the history of Wisconsin and the United States; now,
2
therefore, be it
AR6,5,4
3
Resolved by the
assembly
, That
March 2025 and March 2026 shall be
4
designated as Women’s History Months.
AR6,5,5
5
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