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          Date of Hearing:  March 5, 2015


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                    Gordon, Chair


          HR  
                8 (Cristina Garcia) - As Introduced  February 23, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Women's History Month.


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims the month of March 2015 as Women's History  
          Month and joins the California Commission on the Status of Women  
          and Girls in honoring the contributions of women.  Specifically,  
          this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 


          1)American women of every culture, class, and ethnic background  
            have participated in the founding and building of our nation,  
            made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our  
            nation, and played a critical role in shaping the economic,  
            cultural, and social fabric of our society.


          Women have been leaders in every movement for social change,  
            including their own movement for suffrage and equal rights,  
            the fight for emancipation, the struggle to organize labor  
            unions, the civil rights movement, and as leading the call for  
            peace and organizing to preserve the environment.


          3)The achievements of women who have gone before us will enable  
            contemporary women and men to create tomorrow's history by  
            working toward an end to physical and sexual violence against  
            women, discrimination and harassment in employment, the  
            relegation to poverty status of many women, and by advocating  
            for the full participation of women in the economic and  








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            political arena, the provision of adequate child care, respect  
            for those who choose homemaking and motherhood as their  
            career, and equal access to all of the opportunities this  
            great nation has to offer.


          4)The celebration of Women's History Month will provide an  
            opportunity for schools and communities to focus attention on  
            the historical role and accomplishments of the women of  
            California and the United States, and for students, in  
            particular, to benefit from an awareness of these  
            contributions.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support




          None on file


          Opposition


          None on file


          Analysis Prepared  
          by:              Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800














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