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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 105 

Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Suffragists Day to promote 

awareness of the importance of the women suffragists who worked for 

the right of women to vote in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Ms. BERKLEY (for herself, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. HERSETH, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. 

MALONEY of New York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM

of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. NORTON, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. JACKSON-LEE

of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

BERMAN, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. SOLIS, 

Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. 

WATSON, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. HOOLEY, Ms. BEAN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 

Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. 

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. CASTOR, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. 

JONES of Ohio, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 

HARE, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 

HILL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. 

PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 

NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

PAYNE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. OBEY, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SCHIFF, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. COHEN, 

Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. 

AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. BRALEY of 

Iowa, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. GIFFORDS, and Mr. OLVER) submitted 

the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform 

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HCON 105 IH1S 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Suffragists 

Day to promote awareness of the importance of the 

women suffragists who worked for the right of women 

to vote in the United States. 

Whereas one of the first public appeals for women’s suffrage 

came in 1848 when Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady 

Stanton called a women’s rights convention in Seneca 

Falls, New York, on July 19, 1848; 

Whereas Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech titled 

‘‘Ain’t I a Woman?’’ at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention, in Akron, Ohio; 

Whereas, in 1869, women suffragists formed the National 

Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman 

Suffrage Association, which were national organizations 

designed to work for the right of women to vote; 

Whereas these organizations united in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association; 

Whereas, in 1872, Susan B. Anthony and a group of women 

voted in the Presidential election, in Rochester, New 

York; 

Whereas Susan B. Anthony was arrested and fined for voting 

illegally; 

Whereas at her trial, which attracted nationwide attention, 

Susan B. Anthony made a speech that ended with the 

following slogan: ‘‘Resistance to tyranny is obedience to 

God’’; 

Whereas, on January 25, 1887, the United States Senate 

voted on women’s suffrage for the first time; 

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HCON 105 IH1S 

Whereas, during the early 1900s, a new generation of leaders 

joined the women’s suffrage movement, including Carrie 

Chapman Catt, Maud Wood Park, Lucy Burns, Alice 

Paul, and Harriot E. Blatch; 

Whereas women’s suffrage leaders devoted most of their efforts to marches, picketing, and other active forms of 

protest; 

Whereas Alice Paul and others chained themselves to the 

White House fence; 

Whereas women suffragists were often arrested and sent to 

jail, where many of them went on hunger strikes; 

Whereas almost 5,000 people paraded for women’s suffrage 

up Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, DC; 

Whereas, on August 18, 1920, ratification of the 19th 

amendment to the Constitution was completed, thus 

guaranteeing women in the United States the right to 

vote; 

Whereas July 19th is the anniversary of the first women’s 

rights convention; and 

Whereas designating July 19th as National Suffragists Day 

would raise awareness of the importance of women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to 

vote in the United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress supports the goals and ideals 

3 of a National Suffragists Day to promote awareness of 

4 the importance of the women suffragists who worked for 

5 the right of women to vote in the United States. 

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