[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 30 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN
(Ms. FUDGE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, March 3, 2013, the women of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and other women's organizations led
the reenactment of the historic Women's Suffrage march down
Pennsylvania Avenue. In March 1913, Delta Sigma Theta's 22 founders
engaged in their first public act by joining other women in a ``spirit
of protest against the political organization of society from which
women were excluded.''
While we have achieved a great deal in the last 100 years, it is
quite evident that our journey is not complete. Women still deserve
equal pay for equal work. Women deserve to control their own
reproductive rights.
We still have to fight for the rights of all Americans to participate
in the electoral process. The struggle continues.
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