An Act established February 16 as 'Elizabeth Peratrovich Day'
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
*Section 1. FINDINGS. The Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood had fought for three years to eliminate the racial discrimination that was evident in Alaska during the first part of the 20th Century. Alaska Natives were barred from some public facilities and segregated from non-Natives in other public facilities. Elizabeth Peratrovich, then Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, worked tirelessly in support on House Bill No. 14, the first legislation in the territory to prohibit racial discrimination in putlibc accommodations. Her testify in support of H.B. 14 before the territorial Senate overcame the unfavorable predisposition that existed in the legislature. The bill passed the territorial Senate on February 8, 1945, and was signed into law by the governor of the territory, Ernest Gruening, on February 16, 1945.
