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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 212 

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 

19th Amendment, providing for women’s suffrage, to the Constitution 

of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2019 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. COLLINS, 

Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. WARREN, Ms. 

ERNST, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. MURRAY, 

Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. MCSALLY, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

Ms. HASSAN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Ms. SINEMA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women’s 

suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States. 

Whereas Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, guided by the shared 

ideals of freedom, sovereignty, democracy, civil liberties, 

and individual rights; 

Whereas from 1919 to 1920, the Sixty-Sixth Congress debated, and State legislatures considered, an amendment 

to the Constitution to provide suffrage for women; 


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Whereas, on May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives approved a proposed amendment, followed by the Senate a 

few weeks later on June 4, 1919; 

Whereas the introduction, passage, and ultimate ratification 

of the 19th Amendment were the culmination of decades 

of work and struggle by advocates for the rights of 

women across the United States and worldwide; 

Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment ensured 

women could more fully participate in our democracy and 

fundamentally changed the role of women in the civic life 

of our Nation; 

Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment by three-fourths of the 

States, providing the support necessary under article V of 

the Constitution of the United States; 

Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th 

Amendment becoming a part of the Constitution of the 

United States, providing for women’s suffrage; and 

Whereas the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 

19th Amendment represents a historical milestone to be 

lauded and celebrated: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the pas3 sage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, pro4 viding for women’s suffrage, to the Constitution of 

5 the United States; 

6 (2) honors the role of the ratification of the 

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1 ues of our democracy as promised by the Constitu2 tion of the United States; 

3 (3) reaffirms the opportunity for people in the 

4 United States to learn about and commemorate the 

5 efforts of the women’s suffrage movement and the 

6 role of women in our democracy; and 

7 (4) reaffirms the desire of Congress to continue 

8 strengthening democratic participation and to in9 spire future generations to cherish and preserve the 

10 historic precedent established under the 19th 

11 Amendment. 

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