1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
January 13, 1998 - Introduced by Committee on Rules. Referred to Calendar.
AJR94,1,2 1Relating to: Wisconsin women's accomplishments and significant Wisconsin
2events.
AJR94,1,43 Whereas, the sesquicentennial year is an appropriate time to reflect upon the
4residents of this state whose accomplishments are impressive; and
AJR94,1,65 Whereas, among the more significant of those persons are those who were the
6first to accomplish notable things; and
AJR94,1,87 Whereas, Wisconsin has been blessed with more than its share of women who
8were pathfinders; and
AJR94,1,119 Whereas, Shirley Abrahamson (1933-) became the first woman to serve on the
10Wisconsin State Supreme Court, in 1976, and the first woman to be Chief Justice,
11on August 1, 1996; and
AJR94,1,1412 Whereas, Olympia Brown (1835-1926), a minister and publisher, was the first
13ordained woman minister in the United States and a key figure in the women's rights
14movement; and
AJR94,2,4
1Whereas, Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was a suffragist and President of
2the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which she reorganized as the
3League of Women Voters, with 2,000,000 members, after passage of the 19th
4Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the vote; and
AJR94,2,65 Whereas, Kathryn Clarenbach (1920-1994) was the founder of the National
6Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus; and
AJR94,2,87 Whereas, Edna Ferber (1885-1968), an author, received the 1925 Pulitzer Prize
8for the novel So Big; and
AJR94,2,119 Whereas, Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) appeared in theater, motion pictures
10and television, and she and her husband were jointly awarded the Presidential
11Medal of Freedom in 1964; and
AJR94,2,1312 Whereas, Zona Gale (1874-1938), an author, received the 1921 Pulitzer Prize
13for the novel Miss Lulu Bett; and
AJR94,2,1514 Whereas, Jane Hamilton (1952-) received the PEN/Hemingway Foundation
15Award for the novel The Book of Ruth and also wrote A Map of the World; and
AJR94,2,1816 Whereas, Mildred Fish Harnack (1902-1943) was a war hero who, while an
17instructor at the University of Berlin, organized a resistance group and transmitted
18intelligence to the Allies and was executed by the Nazis; and
AJR94,2,2019 Whereas, Cordelia Harvey (1824-1895), a humanitarian, was instrumental in
20establishing military hospitals in the North during the Civil War; and
AJR94,2,2321 Whereas, Belle Case La Follette (1859-1931), a lawyer and editor, was the first
22woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School and was a leader
23in supporting the rights of women and African-Americans; and
AJR94,2,2524 Whereas, Frances Huntley-Cooper was the first Black mayor of a Wisconsin
25city (Fitchburg); and
AJR94,3,2
1Whereas, Katherine Lyall was the first woman President of the University of
2Wisconsin System; and
AJR94,3,53 Whereas, Helen Farnsworth Mears (1872-1916) was a sculptor and created the
4Frances Willard statue in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol and "The Genius of
5Wisconsin" in the Wisconsin Capitol; and
AJR94,3,76 Whereas, Kathryn Morrison (1942-) was the first woman elected to the state
7senate, in 1975; and
AJR94,3,98 Whereas, Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) was the author of several books of
9poetry and is featured in most anthologies of 20th Century American poetry; and
AJR94,3,1210 Whereas, Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was an artist and innovative painter
11of flowers and landscapes and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
121977; and
AJR94,3,1413 Whereas, Vel Phillips was elected Secretary of State in 1978 and was the first
14Black constitutional officer in Wisconsin; and
AJR94,3,1615 Whereas, Margaretha Meyer Schurz (1833-1876) was an educator and opened
16the first United States kindergarten in Watertown in 1856; and
AJR94,3,1917 Whereas, Donna Shalala was the first woman Chancellor of the University of
18Wisconsin-Madison and was named by President Clinton as the U.S. Secretary of
19Health and Human Services; and
AJR94,3,2120 Whereas, Dena Smith was elected State Treasurer in 1960 and was the first
21woman elected to statewide office in Wisconsin; and
AJR94,3,2322 Whereas, Rosa A. Smith was the first Black woman to serve as a
23superintendent of schools; and
AJR94,3,2524 Whereas, Barbara Thompson (1924-) became the first woman to hold the
25elective office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in 1973; and
AJR94,4,3
1Whereas, Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was an author of children's books
2and wrote a series of books, including Little House on the Prairie, which was based
3on her life growing up in the Midwest; and
AJR94,4,54 Whereas, Frances Willard (1839-1898) was a social reformer who organized
5the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; and
AJR94,4,86 Whereas, Laura Ross Wolcott (1834-1915) was a physician and suffragist and
7the first woman physician in Wisconsin, and she was active in organizing, and served
8as the first President of, the Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association; and
AJR94,4,109 Whereas, the accomplishments of Wisconsin women are indicated by many
10notable events; and
AJR94,4,1311 Whereas, in 1875 the free high school law passed; women became eligible for
12election to school boards; and the State Industrial School for Girls was established
13at Milwaukee; and
AJR94,4,1614 Whereas, in 1920 the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (women's
15suffrage) was ratified, and Wisconsin was the first state to deliver its ratification to
16Washington; and
AJR94,4,1817 Whereas, in 1921 equal rights for women and prohibition laws were enacted;
18and
AJR94,4,2019 Whereas, in 1960 Mrs. Dena Smith was elected State Treasurer, the first
20woman to be elected to statewide office in Wisconsin; and
AJR94,4,2221 Whereas, in 1973 Barbara Thompson became the first woman to hold the
22elective office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction; and
AJR94,4,2423 Whereas, in 1975 Kathryn Morrison became the first woman to be elected to the
24state senate; now, therefore, be it
AJR94,5,3
1Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
2Wisconsin legislature, meeting in this state's sesquicentennial year, recognize and
3salute the notable achievements of Wisconsin women; and, be it further
AJR94,5,5 4Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide a copy of this joint
5resolution to the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.
AJR94,5,66 (End)
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