SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 25

(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, Minear, Boley, Caldwell, Plymale, Kessler, White, Chafin, Fanning, Rowe, Snyder, Unger, Jenkins, Minard, Sharpe, Ross, Dempsey, Love, McKenzie, Oliverio, Helmick, Edgell, Bowman, Prezioso, McCabe, Hunter and Guills)


Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study honoring and recognizing women in West Virginia by adding women to the state seal.

Whereas, This state has become great in part because of the hard work and sacrifices by women in West Virginia; and

Whereas, Whether as a doctor, lawyer, educator, judge or mother, a woman is always on the job and her work is never done ; and

Whereas , Women have played a monumental role in the history of West Virginia, such as Mildred Mitchell-Bateman, the first African-American woman to head a state government agency; Anna Marie Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day; Harriet B. Jones, the first woman in West Virginia to be licensed as a doctor and the first woman to be elected to Congress; and Lenna Lowe Yost, one of the leaders of West Virginia's suffrage movement. These women are just a small example of women in West Virginia who have contributed to this great state year after year; and

Whereas , Women account for over half of West Virginia's
population and recognition for their contributions and achievements is deserved; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature hereby requests the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study honoring and recognizing women in West Virginia by adding women to the state seal ; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2004, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.