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ACR-23 Latina History Day.(1999-2000)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 11, 1999

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 1999–2000 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 23

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Reyes, Romero
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Brewer, Briggs, Calderon, Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Correa, Cox, Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House, Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Maddox, Maldonado, Mazzoni, Migden, Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Runner, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman, Zettel)

March 10, 1999

Relative to Latina History Day.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


ACR 23, as amended, Reyes. Latina History Day.
This measure would express support for all efforts that advance the roles of Latina women, and declare March 12, 1999, to be “Latina History Day,” specifically calling attention to the outstanding and numerous contributions made by Latina women throughout history.
Fiscal Committee: NO  
WHEREAS, Latinas were making significant contributions to the development of California communities even before California became a territory of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Since then, Latinas have continued to make contributions to the life and history of the United States and the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Maria Feliciana Arballo y Gutierrez, a Latina, who came to California with the De Anza expedition in 1775 as a widow with her two young daughters, was the first woman pioneer of the southwest who was not a Native American; and
WHEREAS, Other Latina colonists acquired land grants both from Mexico and the new United States government; and
WHEREAS, Latina pioneers were forced to endure all the hardships of life on the frontier; they had to be self-sufficient, sometimes even becoming the heads of households; they had to be their own doctors, dressmakers, tailors, and advisors; and
WHEREAS, Latinas were the social glue of the community, overseeing the spiritual and physical welfare of their families, their communities, and their workers; and
WHEREAS, With the United States’ takeover of the southwest, Latinas suffered terribly, as they not only suffered many types of physical abuse but also lost most of their land holdings; and
WHEREAS, Despite this suffering, Latinas have nonetheless persisted in their service to their families and to their communities; and
WHEREAS, Nowhere is this record of service more clearly shown than in California’s labor movement where Latinas have made vital contributions that enrich the history of the California labor movement; and
WHEREAS, This record begins with Lucia Gonzalez, commonly known as Lucy Parsons, and continues straight through to Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Workers Union; and
WHEREAS, California’s history is also replete with Latinas as community organizers, as leaders in the mutual benefit societies, and as grassroots activists, a role that led them directly into leadership roles in the Chicano movement, and into participating in the women’s movement; and
WHEREAS, Latinas, who have continued to be stabilizers of their family, preservers of strong family values, and dedicated religious leaders, today are also officers of firms and own their own businesses; they are among our most significant doctors, dentists, nurses, and health educators, as well as lawyers, judges, astronauts, and policewomen; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature expresses its support of all efforts that advance the roles of Latina women, and that the Legislature hereby declares March 12, 1999, to be “Latina History Day,” specifically calling attention to the outstanding and numerous contributions made by Latina women throughout history; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall transmit copies of this resolution to the author for distribution as appropriate.