Title: A resolution designating August 2020 as "National Women's Suffrage Month".
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This resolution designates August 2020 as National Women's Suffrage Month. It honors the 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]
[S. Res. 648 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 648

    Designating August 2020 as ``National Women's Suffrage Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 2, 2020

  Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Capito, 
  Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Rosen, Ms. McSally, Ms. Cantwell, 
   Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
  Loeffler, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Harris, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
  Cortez Masto, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Smith, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. 
    Hassan, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Sinema) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Designating August 2020 as ``National Women's Suffrage Month''.

Whereas Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
        States, guided by the shared ideals of freedom, sovereignty, democracy, 
        civil liberty, and individual rights;
Whereas, from 1919 to 1920, the 66th Congress debated, and State legislatures 
        considered, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
        provide suffrage for women;
Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment was 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 the democracy of the United States and fundamentally 
        changed the role of women in the civic life of the Nation;
Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment by \3/4\ 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 of the ratification of the 19th Amendment represents a 
        historical milestone to be lauded and celebrated: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates August 2020 as ``National Women's Suffrage 
        Month'';
            (2) honors the role of the ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment in further promoting the core values of the democracy 
        of the United States, as promised by the Constitution of the 
        United States;
            (3) reaffirms the opportunity for people in the United 
        States to learn about and commemorate the efforts of the 
        women's suffrage movement and the role of women in the Nation's 
        democracy;
            (4) reaffirms the desire of Congress to continue 
        strengthening democratic participation and to inspire future 
        generations to cherish and preserve the historic precedent 
        established by the 19th Amendment;
            (5) recommits to persevering through these unexpected times 
        to celebrate the suffragists, educate new generations about 
        this critical chapter in the history of the Nation's democracy, 
        and create a legacy that will inspire the next 100 years; and
            (6) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
        National Women's Suffrage Month and commemorate this milestone 
        of the Nation's 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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