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SRES 96 RSATS

Expressing the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in women's politics.

March 6, 2007

Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. BOND, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. BOXER, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. LINCOLN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DODD, Mr. OBAMA, and Mr. HARKIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

March 15, 2007

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment

February 29, 2008

Considered and agreed to

Expressing the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in women's politics.

Whereas Harriett Woods, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, launched a 50-year political career with a neighborhood crusade against rattling potholes;

Whereas Harriett Woods, who died of leukemia at the age of 79 on February 8, 2007, had many firsts, including being the first female editor for her college newspaper at the University of Michigan, the first woman on the Missouri Transportation Commission, and the first woman to win statewide office in the State of Missouri as Lieutenant Governor;

Whereas, from 1991 to 1995, Harriett Woods served as president of the National Women's Political Caucus, a bipartisan grassroots organization whose mission is to increase women's participation in the political process at all levels of government; and

Whereas Harriett Woods was integral to the electoral successes of what became known as the Year of the Woman, when in 1992, female candidates won 19 seats in the House of Representatives and 3 seats in the Senate: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in women's politics, whose actions and leadership inspired hundreds of women nationwide to participate in the political process and to break gender barriers at every level of Calendar No. 81110th CONGRESS1st SessionS. RES. 96RESOLUTIONExpressing the sense of the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in women's politics.March 15, 2007Reported without amendmentgovernment.