Bill Text: MO HCR16 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requests the Missouri Congressional delegation to support the efforts of the National Women's History Museum to secure a permanent home in the nation's capital at the National Mall
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-18 - Referred: General Laws (H) [HCR16 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HCR16-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 16
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WALTON GRAY (Sponsor), PACE, McGEOGHEGAN, NEWMAN, McCANN BEATTY, McCREERY, MAY, OXFORD, MORGAN, McNEIL, LAMPE, RIDDLE AND ZERR (Co-sponsors).
WHEREAS, in 1987, the United States Congress declared March to serve as "Women's History Month" to acknowledge the important role women have played in shaping America; and
WHEREAS, although women constitute a majority of the nation's population, their achievements and contributions are underrepresented in museums and memorials; and
WHEREAS, only 10% of the people identified in a recent survey of 18 history textbooks were women; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History called for a women's history museum to be established on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, the National Women's History Museum (NWHM), founded in 1996, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, and integrating the heritage of women fully into this nation's history; and
WHEREAS, the NWHM seeks a site on or close to the National Mall and in close proximity to the White House and U.S. Capitol Building; and
WHEREAS, the NWHM has identified federally owned property for sale near the National Mall; and
WHEREAS, legislation is currently pending in the U.S. Congress seeking authorization for the NWHM to be able to purchase this property at fair market value with privately raised moneys, with no federal moneys being requested for the purchase of this land; and
WHEREAS, there are museums dedicated to flight, postage stamps, buildings, and many other important people and issues of interest, but not to women, and yet women comprise 51% of the nation's population; and
WHEREAS, the NWHM will showcase the full history of women in the United States and the contributions they have made and continue to make in the marketplace, arts and sciences, government, entertainment, education, home, and community; and
WHEREAS, a coalition of 43 women's organizations representing 8 million women, including the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL), supports the efforts of th NWHM to establish a permanent residence near the National Mall, the most prominent location for museums to be situated in the nation's capital:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby request the esteemed members of the Missouri Congressional delegation to support the National Women's History Museum's efforts to secure a permanent home in the nation's capital for a museum that will highlight the important role women have played in shaping this great nation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.
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