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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1046 

Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National Women’s Suffrage 

Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2020 

Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto 

Rico, and Ms. DEAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National 

Women’s Suffrage Month. 

Whereas the 19th Amendment extended the franchise to 

women across the United States; 

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

States; 

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

Amendment becoming part of the Constitution of the 

United States; 

Whereas the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment is a pivotal chapter in the history of American democracy; 


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Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment marks the 

single largest expansion of voting rights in United States 

history; 

Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment did not, in 

practice, guarantee voting rights to all American women, 

as African-American women, Native American women, 

Asian American women, Hispanic American women, and 

other women of color in America continued to face legal 

and social barriers to voting throughout the twentieth 

century; 

Whereas the suffragists persevered in their quest for women’s 

equality through generations of hardships, including the 

Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, and the Spanish 

Flu pandemic; and 

Whereas the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission was 

created to encourage, plan, develop, and execute programs, projects, and activities to commemorate the centennial of the passage and ratification of the 19th 

Amendment: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of National Wom3 en’s Suffrage Month; 

4 (2) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the pas5 sage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the 

6 Constitution; 

7 (3) honors the fearless voting rights activists 

8 who fought for generations to secure women’s access 

9 to the ballot; 


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1 (4) reaffirms that all citizens have the right to 

2 full participation in American democracy; 

3 (5) recommits to uplifting an inclusive, diverse, 

4 and complete history of women’s fight for the vote; 

5 (6) recommits to persevering through these un6 expected times to celebrate the suffragists, educate 

7 new generations about this critical chapter in the 

8 history of American democracy, and create a legacy 

9 that will inspire for the next 100 years; 

10 (7) recommends that Members of Congress 

11 demonstrate their support for the suffrage centen12 nial through local and national commemorative ef13 forts, such as the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 

14 Commission’s Forward Into Light Campaign; and 

15 (8) encourages the people of the United States 

16 to observe National Women’s Suffrage Month and 

17 commemorate this milestone of American democracy 

18 by ensuring that the untold stories of women’s dec19 ades-long battle for the ballot are recognized and 

20 celebrated across the United States. 

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