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110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 96
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 6, 2007
Mrs. McCaskill (for herself, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Harkin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
March 15, 2007
Reported by Mr. Leahy, without amendment
February 29, 2008
Considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in women’s politics.
Whereas Harriett Woods, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, launched a 50-year political career with a neighborhood crusade against rattling potholes;
Whereas Harriett Woods, who died of leukemia at the age of 79 on February 8, 2007, had many firsts, including being the first female editor for her college newspaper at the University of Michigan, the first woman on the Missouri Transportation Commission, and the first woman to win statewide office in the State of Missouri as Lieutenant Governor;
Whereas, from 1991 to 1995, Harriett Woods served as president of the National Women’s Political Caucus, a bipartisan grassroots organization whose mission is to increase women’s participation in the political process at all levels of government; and
Whereas Harriett Woods was integral to the electoral successes of what became known as the Year of the Woman, when in 1992, female candidates won 19 seats in the House of Representatives and 3 seats in the Senate: Now, therefore, be it
That it is the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in women’s politics, whose actions and leadership inspired hundreds of women nationwide to participate in the political process and to break gender barriers at every level of government.