[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E648]
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  COMMEMORATING THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHT TO 
                                  VOTE

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                             HON. TOM REED

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 21, 2019

  Mr. REED. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the one 
hundredth anniversary of the women's right to vote.
  Madam Speaker I am the youngest of 12, raised by a single mother on a 
Social Security check. To say I understand the power of women would be 
an understatement.
  That is why today, on the centennial anniversary, I rise to applaud 
and celebrate the passage of the 19th amendment which gave women in 
this country the right to vote.
  Representing Seneca Falls, NY I understand all that generations of 
brave and intelligent women went through to bring us to the 100th 
anniversary of the women's right to vote.
  The Seneca Falls Convention, right in New York 23, was the first 
women's rights convention in the United States.
  Held in July 1848, the meeting launched the women's suffrage 
movement, which more than seven decades later ensured women the right 
to vote.
  Despite scarce publicity, 300 people--mostly area residents--showed 
up. There this group of strong women demanded the right to vote 
sparking a 70-year push for this essential right.
  But the fight is not over.
  This is why I have been a strong advocate of the equal rights 
amendment. We are so close to ratification with just 1 more state 
needed to ratify.
  So as I stand here with this yellow rose on my lapel signaling my 
support for women's right to vote, I want everyone to know this rose 
means much more to me.
  It means my support of equal rights to women.

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