AJR94: Joint Resolution Text

AJR94,2,11 Whereas, Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) appeared in theater, motion pictures and television, and she and her husband were jointly awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; and

AJR94,2,13 Whereas, Zona Gale (1874-1938), an author, received the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for the novel Miss Lulu Bett; and

AJR94,2,15 Whereas, Jane Hamilton (1952-) received the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for the novel The Book of Ruth and also wrote A Map of the World; and

AJR94,2,18 Whereas, Mildred Fish Harnack (1902-1943) was a war hero who, while an instructor at the University of Berlin, organized a resistance group and transmitted intelligence to the Allies and was executed by the Nazis; and

AJR94,2,20 Whereas, Cordelia Harvey (1824-1895), a humanitarian, was instrumental in establishing military hospitals in the North during the Civil War; and

AJR94,2,23 Whereas, Belle Case La Follette (1859-1931), a lawyer and editor, was the first woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School and was a leader in supporting the rights of women and African-Americans; and

AJR94,2,25 Whereas, Frances Huntley-Cooper was the first Black mayor of a Wisconsin city (Fitchburg); and

AJR94,3,2 Whereas, Katherine Lyall was the first woman President of the University of Wisconsin System; and

AJR94,3,5 Whereas, Helen Farnsworth Mears (1872-1916) was a sculptor and created the Frances Willard statue in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol and "The Genius of Wisconsin" in the Wisconsin Capitol; and

AJR94,3,7 Whereas, Kathryn Morrison (1942-) was the first woman elected to the state senate, in 1975; and

AJR94,3,9 Whereas, Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) was the author of several books of poetry and is featured in most anthologies of 20th Century American poetry; and

AJR94,3,12 Whereas, Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was an artist and innovative painter of flowers and landscapes and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977; and

AJR94,3,14 Whereas, Vel Phillips was elected Secretary of State in 1978 and was the first Black constitutional officer in Wisconsin; and

AJR94,3,16 Whereas, Margaretha Meyer Schurz (1833-1876) was an educator and opened the first United States kindergarten in Watertown in 1856; and

AJR94,3,19 Whereas, Donna Shalala was the first woman Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was named by President Clinton as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; and

AJR94,3,21 Whereas, Dena Smith was elected State Treasurer in 1960 and was the first woman elected to statewide office in Wisconsin; and

AJR94,3,23 Whereas, Rosa A. Smith was the first Black woman to serve as a superintendent of schools; and

AJR94,3,25 Whereas, Barbara Thompson (1924-) became the first woman to hold the elective office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in 1973; and

AJR94,4,3 Whereas, Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was an author of children's books and wrote a series of books, including Little House on the Prairie, which was based on her life growing up in the Midwest; and

AJR94,4,5 Whereas, Frances Willard (1839-1898) was a social reformer who organized the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; and

AJR94,4,8 Whereas, Laura Ross Wolcott (1834-1915) was a physician and suffragist and the first woman physician in Wisconsin, and she was active in organizing, and served as the first President of, the Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage Association; and

AJR94,4,10 Whereas, the accomplishments of Wisconsin women are indicated by many notable events; and

AJR94,4,13 Whereas, in 1875 the free high school law passed; women became eligible for election to school boards; and the State Industrial School for Girls was established at Milwaukee; and

AJR94,4,16 Whereas, in 1920 the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (women's suffrage) was ratified, and Wisconsin was the first state to deliver its ratification to Washington; and

AJR94,4,18 Whereas, in 1921 equal rights for women and prohibition laws were enacted; and

AJR94,4,20 Whereas, in 1960 Mrs. Dena Smith was elected State Treasurer, the first woman to be elected to statewide office in Wisconsin; and

AJR94,4,22 Whereas, in 1973 Barbara Thompson became the first woman to hold the elective office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction; and

AJR94,4,24 Whereas, in 1975 Kathryn Morrison became the first woman to be elected to the state senate; now, therefore, be it

AJR94,5,3 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature, meeting in this state's sesquicentennial year, recognize and salute the notable achievements of Wisconsin women; and, be it further

AJR94,5,5 Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide a copy of this joint resolution to the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.

AJR94,5,6 (End)