[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 51 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Women's History Month and the important role that New Hampshire has 
played in our proud tradition of women breaking barriers.
  In 1870, 50 years before passage of the 19th Amendment, Marilla 
Ricker attempted to vote in New Hampshire. She was denied the ballot, 
but she refused to stand by and continued to attempt to vote over the 
coming decades.
  Ms. Ricker was denied admittance to the New Hampshire Bar, but fought 
all the way to the State supreme court, and in 1890 became the first 
woman admitted to our State bar.
  Women hold many firsts in elected office in New Hampshire. Dudley 
Dudley, the first woman on the New Hampshire Executive Council; Jeanne 
Shaheen, Governor; Beverly Hollingworth, Senate President; and Donna 
Sytek, Speaker of the New Hampshire House, all served together in 1999. 
Linda Dalianis became our first Chief Justice of the New Hampshire 
Supreme Court.
  In 2012, I was honored to be a member of the first ever all-female 
congressional delegation with Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Kelly Ayotte, 
and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter. Now, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie 
Hassan are the only women ever in American history to serve as Governor 
and U.S. Senator.
  For Women's History Month, I am proud of New Hampshire's contribution 
to advancing women.

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