AR 5 — Adds former Assemblywoman Sadie Hurst to the Assembly Wall of Distinction. (BDR R-1253)

A.R.Assembly Resolution No.

55–Assemblymen ASSEMBLYFrierson, RESOLUTIONBenitez-Thompson Nand O.Wheeler FILE NUMBER..........

5–ASSEMBLYMEN FRIERSON , BENITEZ-THOMPSON AND W HEELER A PRIL 2, 2019 ____________ Read and Adopted SUMMARY—Adds former Assemblywoman Sadie Hurst to the Assembly Wall of Distinction.

(BDR R-1253) ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

and W HEREAS , In November 1918 at the age of 61, Sadie became the first woman ever to be elected to the Nevada Assembly andande Nevada Legislature, representing Washoe County, and during a special session in 1920, Sadie voted with the majority to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women across the nation the right to vote;

and - *AR5* – 2 – W HEREAS , During her service in the Nevada Assembly, Sadie sponsored many legislative measures and, although not all those measures were successful, they demonstrate how forward-thinking she was for her time, including granting a mother full control over her children in the event of the father’s death, requiring both husband and wife to sign all deeds held as community property, allowing women to enter into any legal contracts and prohibiting acts of cruelty against animals;

and W HEREAS , Sometime after the end of her legislative term, Sadie left Nevada to live in Southern California, and upon her departure, the Reno League of Women Voters, the successor organization to Sadie’s Women’s Citizen Club, held a reception in her honor to - 80th Session (2019) – 2 – express gratitude for her outstanding contributions to the rights and welfare of women in Nevada;

now, therefore, be it RRESOLVED ESOLVED BY THE AASSEMBLY SSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADAN EVADA , That, for her pioneering efforts in advancing the role of women in Nevada, opening the door for women in Nevada politics and dedicated service as the first female legislator in Nevada, Assemblywoman Sadie Hurst is hereby added to the Assembly Wall of Distinction;

and be it further RRESOLVED ESOLVED , That this resolution becomes effective upon passage.

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