[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1375 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1375

        Recognizing the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2010

 Mr. Cooper (for himself, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Boswell, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. 
  Napolitano, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Fudge, Ms. 
 Shea-Porter, Mr. Melancon, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. 
 Matsui, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Gordon of 
 Tennessee, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Chandler, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
Baca, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Hill, and Mrs. 
    McMorris Rodgers) submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
        Recognizing the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Whereas full participatory rights by women are vital to democracy in the United 
        States;
Whereas women were denied the right to vote for 144 years after the Declaration 
        of Independence was signed;
Whereas the first 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 Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, 
        Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, 
        Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New 
        Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
        Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, West 
        Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming; and
Whereas, on August 18, 1920, the Tennessee House of Representatives 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.
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