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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, Minear, Boley, Caldwell,
Plymale, Kessler, White, Chafin, Fanning, Rowe, Snyder, Unger,
Jenkins, Minard, Sharpe, Ross, Dempsey, Love, McKenzie, Oliverio,
Helmick, Edgell, Bowman, Prezioso, McCabe, Hunter and Guills)
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study
honoring and recognizing women in West Virginia by adding
women to the state seal.
Whereas,
This state has become great in part because of the
hard work and sacrifices by women in West Virginia;
and
Whereas,
Whether as a doctor, lawyer, educator, judge or
mother, a woman is always on the job and her work is never done
;
and
Whereas
, Women have played a monumental role in the history of
West Virginia, such as
Mildred Mitchell-Bateman, the first
African-American woman to head a state government agency; Anna
Marie Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day; Harriet B. Jones, the
first woman in West Virginia to be licensed as a doctor and the
first woman to be elected to Congress; and Lenna Lowe Yost, one of
the leaders of West Virginia's suffrage movement. These women are
just a small example of women in West Virginia who have contributed
to this great state year after year; and
Whereas
, Women account for over half of West Virginia's population
and recognition for their contributions and achievements
is deserved;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance to study honoring and recognizing women in
West Virginia by adding women to the state seal
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2004, on
its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.
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