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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
March 3, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives S. Rodriguez, Subeck, Sinicki,
Hong, Stubbs, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff,
Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood,
Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, L. Myers,
Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, Rozar, Shankland, Shelton,
Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Vining, Vruwink and Moore Omokunde, cosponsored
by Senators Johnson, Agard, Bernier, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach,
Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
AJR11,1,1 1Relating to: proclaiming March 2021 as Women's History Month.
AJR11,1,42 Whereas, American women of every race, class, and ethnic background have
3made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our nation in countless
4recorded and unrecorded ways; and
AJR11,1,75 Whereas, American women have played, and continue to play, a critical
6economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of life and constitute a significant
7portion of the labor force working inside and outside the home; and
AJR11,1,98 Whereas, American women have played a unique role throughout the history
9of the nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force; and
AJR11,1,1110 Whereas, American women were particularly important in the establishment
11of early philanthropic and cultural institutions in our nation; and
AJR11,2,212 Whereas, American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own
13rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the
14emancipation movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement,

1and the peace movement, all of which have created a fairer and more just society for
2all; and
AJR11,2,43 Whereas, in 1925, not one but three women were the first female assembly
4representatives to be elected to the Wisconsin Legislature; and
AJR11,2,85 Whereas, Assembly Representative Mildred Barber, a Republican teacher,
6Assembly Representative Helen Brooks, a Republican teacher, and Assembly
7Representative Helen Thompson, a Republican teacher and hotel keeper, paved the
8way for other female leaders to hold legislative positions in Wisconsin; and
AJR11,2,109 Whereas, Democrat Marcia P. Coggs was elected to the state assembly in 1977,
10becoming the first African American woman to serve in the assembly; and
AJR11,2,1211 Whereas, Democrat JoCasta Zamarripa, elected in 2010, became the first
12Latina elected to the assembly; and
AJR11,2,1413 Whereas, Democrat Francesca Hong, elected in 2020, became the first Asian
14American and Pacific Islander elected to the legislature; and
AJR11,2,1615 Whereas, Democrat Kathryn Morrison, elected in 1974, became the first
16woman elected to the state senate; and
AJR11,2,1817 Whereas, Democrat Gwen Moore, elected in 1992, became the first African
18American woman elected to the state senate; and
AJR11,2,2019 Whereas, in 2014, Republican Pat Strachota became the first woman to serve
20as assembly majority leader; and
AJR11,2,2321 Whereas, in 1985, Senator Susan Engeleiter became the first Republican
22woman to be senate minority leader, and she was the youngest woman ever elected
23to the Wisconsin Legislature; and
AJR11,3,324 Whereas, in 2003, Senator Mary Panzer became the first Republican woman to
25be senate majority leader, and in 2005, Senator Judith Robson became the first

1Democratic woman to be senate minority leader and, in 2007, became the first
2Democratic woman to be senate majority leader, making them the highest-ranking
3women legislators; and
AJR11,3,54 Whereas, in 1973, Barbara Thompson became the first woman to serve as
5superintendent of public instruction; and
AJR11,3,76 Whereas, in 1978, Democrat Vel Phillips became the first African American
7woman elected to statewide office as secretary of state; and
AJR11,3,98 Whereas, in 2019, Carolyn Stanford Taylor became the first African American
9woman to serve as superintendent of public instruction; and
AJR11,3,1210 Whereas, Margaret Farrow was the first Republican woman to be lieutenant
11governor, and Barbara Lawton was the first Democratic woman to be lieutenant
12governor in Wisconsin's history; and
AJR11,3,1413 Whereas, in 1996 Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson became the first woman to
14serve as chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court; and
AJR11,3,1715 Whereas, Democrat Tammy Baldwin became the first woman in the history of
16Wisconsin to be elected to the United States Senate and the first openly LGBTQ
17person to serve in the United States Senate; and
AJR11,3,1918 Whereas, in 2021, a total of 41 women took their seats in the state assembly and
19senate, the most ever in Wisconsin history; and
AJR11,3,2220 Whereas, the role of American women continues to evolve and their positive
21contributions to our culture, society, and government continue to grow and inspire
22future generations; now, therefore, be it
AJR11,3,24 23Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the month of March
242021 shall be designated as Women's History Month.
AJR11,3,2525 (End)
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