Take the jump below to read the remarks made by Pres. Barack Obama on Tuesday when he signed the executive order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls.
Prominent congressional women attending the signing ceremony included Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Rep. Judy Biggert, Rep. Mary Bono Mack, Rep. Corrine Brown, Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper, Rep. Susan Davis, Rep. Diana DeGette, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Nite Lowey, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Candice Miller, Rep. Grace Napolitano, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Maxine Waters and Rep. Lynn Woolsey.
There were also a a host of advocacy group representatives in attendance at the signing ceremony. Some of the groups represented were:
- NAACP
- Change to Win
- Dialogue on Diversity
- Mautner Project
- Black Women’s Roundtable
- National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
- Older Women’s League
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Guttmacher Institute
- National Association of Commissions for Women
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- NOW
- Legal Momentum
- CARE USA
- AAUW
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research
- National Latina Reproductive Health Institute
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
- NARAL
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- People for the American Way
- WOW
- WNBA
- EMILY’s List
- National Council on Jewish Women
- Global Summit of Women
- National Partnership for Women and Families
- Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
- Girls, Inc.
- NFPHRA
- Planned Parenthood
- American Bar Association on Domestic Violence
- National Women’s Law Center
- National Abortion Federation
- National Council of Women’s Organizations
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- Family Violence Prevention Fund
- Women Work
- Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
- Domestic Policy Council
- US Delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Take the jump directly below in order to read Obama’s remarks at the signing.
