Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 11

Introduced by Assembly Members Eggman, Campos, Grove, and Melendez

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Skinner)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Skinner, Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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March 7, 2013

House Resolution No. 11—Relative to Women in the United States Armed Forces.

WHEREAS, During the American Revolution, women, including Margaret Corbin, Deborah Sampson, and Molly Pitcher, served with valor and distinction on the field of battle, in some cases posing as men in order to serve their country; and

WHEREAS, The establishment of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, and its conversion just one year later to the full Women’s Army Corps, allowed the additional deployment of the equivalent of another seven divisions to the front; and

WHEREAS, General Douglas MacArthur said of the 150,000
women who served in the WAAC and WAC during World War
II that they were his best soldiers and that they worked harder,
complained less, and were better disciplined; and

WHEREAS, The number of women serving on active duty in
the armed forces has grown to exceed 200,000, comprising more
than 14 percent of the entire force; and

WHEREAS, Despite a long-standing exclusion of women from
direct combat roles, many women have died fighting for this nation
in Iraq and Afghanistan, and hundreds more have been wounded
in those conflicts; and

WHEREAS, Women have risen to the highest levels of
command in the United States Armed Forces; and

WHEREAS, Women have been breaking barriers to service for
the entire history of this nation, and this year yet another, banning
them from direct combat roles, is to fall; and

WHEREAS, We honor the achievements of those women who
serve and have served in the Armed Forces; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly recognizes the contributions of women in the United
States Armed Forces are an example for all to follow, an important
part of this nation’s history, and are to be celebrated during
Women’s History Month; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.