Women's Progress Commemorative Commission
- Women's Progress Commemorative Commission
The Women's Progress Commemorative Commission is a U.S. bipartisan commission established pursuant to the Women's Progress Commemoration Act (Public Law 105-341, 1998-10-31) under President Bill Clinton. [cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=55239 |title=William J. Clinton, Acts Approved by the President |accessdate=2008-08-03 |publisher=presidency.ucsb.edu] The bill was introduced by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Senator Chris Dodd. The commission was tasked with identifying and preserving websites significant to American women's history.[cite web |url=http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:SgN_ZKlBMBMJ:www.nps.gov/wori/planyourvisit/upload/women%27s%2520progress%2520commission%2520report.pdf+Congressional+Women%27s+Progress+Commemorative+Commission&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=Women's Progress Report 7/01 |accessdate=2008-08-03 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=July, 2001 |format=html |publisher=National Park Service] ]Recommendations
* Create and maintain a national database of women’s history sites
* Create a data field on the National and State Registers of Historic Places that identifies women’s history sites
* Support a public-private partnership network to provide technical assistance for preservation and interpretation of women’s historic sites
* Establish an incentive program for State Historic Preservation Offices to encourage them to identify and preserve women’s history sites
* Create Statewide, Regional or Community Women’s History Trails
* Encourage owners of women’s history sites to document, highlight and seek opportunities for preservation and maintenance of their property at time of sale
* Include young people in women’s history site activities
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