I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3114 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative 
trail in connection with the Women’s Rights National Historical Park 
to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with 
the struggle for women’s suffrage, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2007 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MOORE
of Kansas, Mrs. 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. CARSON, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 
Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. INSLEE, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. HASTINGS of 
Florida, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. 
MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. FILNER, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
commemorative trail in connection with the Women’s 
Rights National Historical Park to link properties that 
are historically and thematically associated with the 
struggle for women’s suffrage, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Women’s Rights History Project Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The women’s rights movement is one of the 
three great protest traditions in United States his-
tory, sharing that status with the struggle for racial 
equality and the labor movement. These movements 
challenged Americans to consider the essential 
meaning of the Declaration of Independence: ‘‘that 
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by 
their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that 
among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of 
Happiness. That to secure these rights, Govern-
ments are instituted among Men, deriving their just 
powers from the consent of the governed.’’. 
(2) New York State in the nineteenth century 
was at the cutting edge of these movements, includ-
ing the womans’ rights movement. On July 19, 
1848, a group of activists including Elizabeth Cady 
Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright, Jane Hunt, 
and Mary Ann M’Clintock, convened the first Wom-
en’s Rights Convention at Wesleyan Chapel in Sen-
eca Falls, New York. During the Convention, 68 
women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Senti-
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ments calling for a broad array of rights for women, 
including suffrage. 
(3) Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights 
Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior 
to men, and fought for women’s right to vote. She 
also campaigned for the rights of women to own 
property, to keep their own earnings, and to have 
custody of their children. In 1900, she persuaded 
the University of Rochester to admit women. 
(4) In 1869, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. 
Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and others formed 
the National Woman Suffrage Association, and Lucy 
Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others formed the 
American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1890, 
these merged into the National American Woman 
Suffrage Association. Through mass campaigns in-
volving thousands of women and men all across the 
country, National American Woman Suffrage Asso-
ciation helped secure passage of the Nineteenth 
amendment to the United States Constitution, offi-
cially certified on August 26, 1920, giving women 
the right to vote. 
(5) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 
the women’s movement expanded to play a critical 
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role in shaping policies on education, legal reform, 
and economic and social welfare. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTES FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY 
TRAIL ROUTE AS FEATURE OF WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 
Title XVI of Public Law 96–607 is amended by in-
serting after section 1601 (16 U.S.C. 410ll) the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1602. VOTES FOR WOMEN TRAIL. 
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that there is an op-
portunity for the Women’s Rights National Historical 
Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, to work 
in partnership with historically and thematically related 
properties in the corridor between the eastern border of 
New York State and the Niagara Frontier, including the 
Susan B. Anthony House, to tell the story of the 72-year 
fight for women’s suffrage. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAIL ROUTE.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting through the Director of Na-
tional Park Service, with concurrence of the agency having 
jurisdiction over the relevant roads, is authorized to des-
ignate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the ‘Votes 
for Women History Trail Route’, to link properties in the 
State of New York that are historically and thematically 
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associated with the struggle for women’s suffrage in the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Votes for Women Trail 
shall be administered by the National Park Service 
through Women’s Rights National Historical Park. 
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—To facilitate the establishment of 
the Votes for Women Trail and the dissemination of infor-
mation regarding the Trail Route, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) produce and disseminate appropriate edu-
cational materials regarding the Trail Route, such 
as handbooks, maps, exhibits, signs, interpretive 
guides, and electronic information; 
‘‘(2) coordinate the management, planning, and 
standards of the auto route in partnership with par-
ticipating properties, other Federal agencies, and 
State and local governments; 
‘‘(3) create and adopt an official, uniform sym-
bol or device to mark the Votes for Women History 
Trail Route; and 
‘‘(4) issue guidelines for the use of such symbol 
or device. 
‘‘(e) ELEMENTS OF TRAIL ROUTE.—The Secretary 
may designate as an official stop on the Votes for Women 
History Trail Route any of the following properties, sub-
ject to the consent of the owner of the property: 
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