New York K 1063: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim March 2026, as Women's History Month in the State of New York

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K01063 Summary:

BILL NOK01063 

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SPONSORJackson

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MLTSPNSRBailey, Barrett, Bichotte Hermelyn, Buttenschon, Chandler-Waterman, Cook, Cruz, Davila, Durso,
 Giglio, Glick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Griffin, Hooks, Hunter, Hyndman, Levenberg, Lunsford, Lupardo,
 McMahon, Paulin, Peoples-Stokes, Pheffer Amato, Rajkumar, Rosenthal, Rozic, Santabarbara,
 Seawright, Shimsky, Simon, Tapia, Walker, Walsh, Woerner, Zinerman

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03/17/2026referred to calendar

03/18/2026adopted

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Assembly Resolution No. 1063

BY: M. of A. Jackson

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 March 2026, as Women's History Month in the State of
 New York

 WHEREAS, March is Women's History Month; and

 WHEREAS, March 8th is International Women's Day; and

 WHEREAS, Each year New York State officially sets aside time to
recognize the unique contributions that New York women have made to New
York State and beyond; and

 WHEREAS, New York State has a distinguished history of monumental
achievements in the area of women's rights; and

 WHEREAS, In 1826, New York State opened one of the first public high
schools for girls resulting in a future for women in which they were no
longer confined to the home, a future in which they were educated and
able to use this education to better their social and economic status;
and

 WHEREAS, In 1848 in New York, the first women's rights convention
was held at Seneca Falls to secure for all women the right to vote; and

 WHEREAS, In 1903, The Women's Trade Union League of New York was
formed to represent working women, later becoming the nucleus for the
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; and

 WHEREAS, In 1917, New York guaranteed women the right to vote in all
elections and in the following year the first two women, Ida Sammis and
Mary Lilly, were elected to the New York State Legislature and became
the first women to then serve in 1919; and

 WHEREAS, In 1955, Bessie Buchanan was the first African-American
woman to serve in the New York State Legislature; and

 WHEREAS, In 1967, Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a
seat on the New York Stock Exchange, opening the door for women to gain
positions of greater economic power; and

 WHEREAS, In 1968, New York State Assemblywoman Shirley Chisholm
became the first Black woman elected to Congress and in 1972, she ran
for Pres- ident of the United States, another first for Black women; and

 WHEREAS, In 1970, New York City was the site of the first Women's
Strike for Equality in which 50,000 people marched for equal rights; and

 WHEREAS, In 1978, Olga Mendez became the first Latina woman to serve
in the New York State Legislature; and

 WHEREAS, In 1983, New York State women legislators established the
Legislative Women's Caucus to improve the participation of women in all

areas of government, support issues that benefit women and provide a
network of support for women in the State Legislature; and

 WHEREAS, In 2007, Ellen Young was the first Asian-American woman to
serve in the New York State Legislature; and

 WHEREAS, In 2009, New Yorker Sonia Sotomayor became the first
Hispanic Justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court; and

 WHEREAS, In 2015, New Yorker Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was appointed
as Attorney General of the United States, becoming the first
African-Ameri- can woman to serve in this esteemed position; and

 WHEREAS, New York has been the home of many extraordinary women who
have led society to a better future: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony led the campaign for women's suffrage; Sojourner Truth spoke out
for the abolition of slavery and for suffrage for all women; and

 WHEREAS, Carrie Chapman Catt became the first president of the
League of Women Voters; Emma Willard opened the first endowed
institution for the education of women; Civil War surgeon Dr. Mary E.
Walker was the only woman ever awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor;
Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who led slaves to freedom by way of
the Underground Railroad in the 19th Century; and

 WHEREAS, Elizabeth Blackwell and Belva L