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| Woolsey Applauds Passage of Women’s History Museum Bill | | October 15, 2009 | |
| WASHINGTON, DC—Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) issued the following statement on the passage Wednesday of H.R.1700, the National Women's History Museum Act of 2009, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, which must also be passed by the Senate, will allow the museum to purchase land on the National Mall for a new facility honoring the role women have played in American history.
“The National Women's History Museum Act of 2009 is important because Congress and our nation, as a whole, must find ways to honor the important roles that women have played in shaping our country.
“Unfortunately, before the 1970s, the subject of women's history was largely missing from our schools, and it was absent completely in media coverage and in cultural celebrations.
“That's why, when I chaired the Sonoma County Commission on the status of women in 1978, the commission's education task force initiated a Women's History Week celebration, centered around international women's history day. That celebration, that very celebration, started a national movement.
“In 1981, Congress responded to the growing popularity of Women's History Week, which was led by the women from my community in Sonoma County, by making it a national observance, and it eventually expanded the week to a month in 1987. During National Women's History Month, many cities and towns celebrate women's contributions through parades and other activities.
“By building a National Women's History Museum, we will ensure that our nation celebrates women not just during one month but throughout the year, every year, and it will ensure that young families, young girls and young boys who come to Washington, D.C., to visit the women's museum will remember what women have contributed and are contributing.” |
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