[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H. Res. 1375 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1375

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 15, 2010.
Whereas full participatory rights by women are vital to democracy in the United 
        States;
Whereas the right to vote of all women in the United States was not guaranteed 
        for 144 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed;
Whereas the Women's Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, in 
        July 1848, sparking a decades-long struggle by women's rights pioneers 
        to gain the right to vote;
Whereas a constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage nationwide was 
        first introduced in the United States Congress in January 1878;
Whereas in 1919, the 66th Congress of the United States passed a resolution 
        proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of 
        suffrage to women;
Whereas the aforesaid amendment was then ratified by the Legislatures of the 
        States of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, New York, Ohio, 
        Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Montana, 
        Nebraska, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Utah, California, Maine, North 
        Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Oregon, Indiana, 
        Wyoming, Nevada, New Jersey, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, West 
        Virginia, Washington, and Tennessee; and
Whereas, on August 18, 1920, the Tennessee General Assembly voted for 
        ratification by a one-vote margin, passing the amendment in Nashville, 
        Tennessee, becoming the 36th and final of the three-fourths of States 
        needed to ratify the aforesaid amendment, entering it into the 
        Constitution: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th 
        Amendment to the United States Constitution;
            (2) honors the contributions and achievements of women in United 
        States politics; and
            (3) reaffirms its commitment to pursuing policies that achieve true 
        political and social equality for women, commensurate with their role in 
        life in the United States and society.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.