[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

  (Mr. DELGADO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DELGADO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to join in celebrating the 
66th Congress.
  100 years ago today, in 1919, this House voted to pass the 19th 
Amendment to grant women the right to vote. I rise today to celebrate 
the women's suffrage movement and the women who, at the time, were seen 
as revolutionary for demanding a voice, a representation in our 
democracy.
  Today, we applaud the women who organized in upstate New York, in 
Seneca Falls, who marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, and who lifted 
their voices across this country to demand ``votes for women.''
  As we prepare to celebrate a century of women's suffrage, let us 
acknowledge the tireless work of women to demand the right to vote and 
the women, including Ulster County's own Sojourner Truth, who 
recognized that suffrage still denied treatment under the law for all.
  Today, I am proud to celebrate the tireless work of women to demand 
the right to vote and the men who stood on the right side of history by 
voting to pass the 19th Amendment.
  Their work set the stage for the historic 116th Congress, full of 
trailblazing women, and firsts in their own right.

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