SCR 13: Recognizing the women who have served Alaska as state or territorial legislators and celebrating 100 years of women serving as state legislators.
00SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 13 01 Recognizing the women who have served Alaska as state or territorial legislators 02 and celebrating 100 years of women serving as state legislators. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 WHEREAS the National Foundation for Women Legislators, Inc., which serves as the 05 educational arm of the National Order of Women Legislators, the oldest professional 06 association for women legislators in the country, is coordinating state, regional, and national 07 celebrations to commemorate the 100 years that women have served in state legislatures; and 08 WHEREAS, in January 1895, before American women even had the universal right 09 to vote, the first three women were sworn in to serve as state legislators; and 10 WHEREAS this centennial is being celebrated through the United States to promote 11 public knowledge and awareness of women in state history; and 12 WHEREAS the following women are current or past members of the Alaska State 13 Legislature or the Alaska Territorial Legislature: 14 Awes, Dorothy J. Territorial House (3rd Division) 1957
01 Banfield, Mildred H. State Senate (District D, appointed) 1963-1965 02 State House (District 4) 1967-1975 03 Barnes, Doris M. Territorial House (1st Division) 1949, 1951 04 Territorial Senate (1st Division) 1953, 1955 05 Barnes, Ramona L. State House (District 10, 14-A, 22) 1979-1985; 1987-present 06 Beirne, Helen D. State House (District 8, 10, 11) 1969-1971; 1973-1977 07 Branson, Margaret State House (District 5) 1979-1981 08 Brown, Kay State House (District 12-A) 1987-present 09 Bruckman, Betty State House (District 8-A) 1991-1993 10 Buchholdt, Thelma State House (District 9) 1975-1983 11 Bullock, Edith Territorial House (2nd Division) 1953, 1955 12 Territorial Senate (2nd Division) 1957 13 Cato, Bette M. State House (District 5, 6) 1981-1989 (resigned) 14 Chance, Genie State House (District 8, 7) 1969-1975 15 State Senate (District E) 1975-1977 16 Collins, Virginia M. State House (District 10-B) 1985-1991 17 State Senate (District F-B) 1991-1993 18 Craft, Shirley State Senate (District K-B, appointed) 1991-1993 19 Cross, Bess Territorial House (2nd Division) 1945 20 Dale, Essie Territorial House (4th Division) 1949 21 Davis, Bettye State House (District 14-B, 21) 1991-present 22 Davis, Cheri State House (District 1-B) 1989-1993 23 DeVries, Edna B. State Senate (District E-B) 1985-1987 24 Dimock, Barbara Territorial House (3rd Division) 1953 25 Engstrom, Thelma Territorial House (1st Division) 1947 26 Fahrenkamp, Bettye M. State Senate (District O, K-B) 1979-1991(died) 27 Faiks, Jan State Senate (District E, F-B) 1983-1991 28 Fischer, Helen M. State House (District 10, 8, 12) 1959-1961; 1971-1976 29 (resigned) 30 Territorial House (3rd Division) 1957 31 Garnick, Anita Territorial House (1st Division) 1947
01 Territorial Senate (1st Division) 1949, 1951 02 Green, Lyda State Senate (District N) 1995-present 03 Gunderson, Amelia Territorial House (1st Division) 1949, 1951 04 Hanley, Alyce State House (District 9-B) 1985-1991 05 Herrmann, Adelheid State House (District 26) 1983-1989 06 Hurley, Katie State House (District 16-A) 1985-1987 07 Itta, Brenda T. State House (District 21) 1975-1977 08 James, Jeannette State House (District 34) 1993-present 09 Jenne, Crystal Territorial House (1st Division) 1941, 1943 10 Johnson, Grace A. State House (District 23, appointed) 1962-1963 11 Kelley, Ramona M. State House (District 8) 1975-1977 12 Lacher, Barbara State House (District 16) 1983-1985 13 Lincoln, Georgianna State House (District 24) 1991-1993 14 State Senate (District R) 1993-present 15 Linck, Alaska Territorial House (4th Division) 1943, 1945 16 Little, Suzanne State Senate (District D) 1993-1995 17 MacLean, Eileen Panigeo State House (District 22, 37) 1989-present 18 Masek, Beverly State House (District 28) 1995-present 19 McSmith, Blanche L. State House (District 10, appointed) 1960-1961 20 Miller, Jo Ann State House (District 7) 1973-1975 21 Miller, Mary State House (District 15-A) 1991-1993 22 Munson, Joyce State House (District 11) 1979-1981 23 Nicholia, Irene State House (District 36) 1993-present 24 Ostrosky, Kathryn State House (District 7) 1975-1977 25 Pearce, Drue State House (District 9-A) 1985-1989 26 State Senate (District G-A, F) 1989-present 27 Phillips, Gail State House (District 5-B, 7) 1991-present 28 Pinkerton, Lucille State House (District 1) 1965-1967 29 Poland, Kathryn "Kay" State Senate (District G, L, appointed) 1970-1979 30 Prior, Dorothy Territorial House (3rd Division) 1953 31 Robinson, Caren State House (District 4) 1995-present
01 Rudd, Lisa State House (District 11, appointed) 1976-1979 02 Ryan, Irene E. State Senate (District E) 1959-1961 03 Territorial House (3rd Division) 1955, 1957 04 Salo, Judy State House (District 5-B, appointed) 1990-1991 05 State Senate (District E) 1993-present 06 Scott, Nell Territorial House (3rd Division) 1937 07 Smith, Sarah J. "Sally" State House (District 20) 1977-1983 08 Spohnholz, Ann M. State House (District 13-A, interim appointee) 1989 09 Sturgulewski, Arliss State Senate (District H, F-A) 1979-1993 10 Sullivan, Susan State House (District 8) 1975-1977 11 Sweeney, Dora M. State House (District 5, 4) 1959-1965 12 Territorial House (1st Division) 1955 13 Tischer, Mae State House (District 11) 1983-1985 14 Toohey, Cynthia State House (District 13) 1993-present 15 Ulmer, Fran State House (District 4-B) 1987-1994 16 Wallis, F. Kay State House (District 24) 1985-1991; and 17 WHEREAS these women have served diligently and enthusiastically and have devoted 18 most of their lives to their communities and to Alaska; and 19 WHEREAS the knowledge, expertise, and wise leadership of these women have been 20 and continue to be valuable tools to carry Alaska into the 21st century; and 21 WHEREAS these women deserve recognition for their outstanding contributions to 22 the state and their accomplishments as America's true "timeless pioneers"; 23 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature extends its sincerest appreciation 24 to all of the women who have unselfishly served Alaska as state or territorial legislators, and 25 recognizes and joins in the 100th Year Celebration of Women in State Legislatures. 26 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the legislators identified in this resolution; 27 and to the National Foundation for Women Legislators, Inc.