Title: Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National Women’s Suffrage Month.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This resolution supports the designation of National Women's Suffrage Month. It also celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which provided for women's suffrage.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1046 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1046

Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National Women's Suffrage 
                                 Month.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2020

 Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto 
   Rico, and Ms. Dean) submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               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;
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
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of National Women's Suffrage 
        Month;
            (2) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage and 
        ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution;
            (3) honors the fearless voting rights activists who fought 
        for generations to secure women's access to the ballot;
            (4) reaffirms that all citizens have the right to full 
        participation in American democracy;
            (5) recommits to uplifting an inclusive, diverse, and 
        complete history of women's fight for the vote;
            (6) recommits to persevering through these unexpected times 
        to celebrate the suffragists, educate new generations about 
        this critical chapter in the history of American democracy, and 
        create a legacy that will inspire for the next 100 years;
            (7) recommends that Members of Congress demonstrate their 
        support for the suffrage centennial through local and national 
        commemorative efforts, such as the Women's Suffrage Centennial 
        Commission's Forward Into Light Campaign; and
            (8) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        National Women's Suffrage Month and commemorate this milestone 
        of American democracy by ensuring that the untold stories of 
        women's decades-long battle for the ballot are recognized and 
        celebrated across the United States.
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