LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION recognizing the accomplishments of our Nation's
remarkable and accomplished women, and calling upon the President and
the Secretary of the Treasury to order the inclusion of women on all
American bank notes, opposite our Nation's great leaders

WHEREAS, The citizens of the great State of New York are proud to recog-
nize and commemorate Women's History Month, an observance which cele-
brates the contributions of women to our State and our Nation; and
WHEREAS, Given the numerous contributions of immeasurable value women
have made to our great State and Nation it follows that they should be
honored with representation and memorialization on our nation's bank
notes; and
WHEREAS, The absence of the likeness of women on a national symbol as
ubiquitous as our bank notes does not align with the essential role they
have played in all aspects of our Nation's history from its formation
onward; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
recognize the accomplishments of our Nation's remarkable and accom-
plished women, and to call upon the President and the Secretary of the
Treasury to order the inclusion of women on all American bank notes,
opposite our Nation's great leaders; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to President of the United States Barack Obama, and United
States Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew.