[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CENTENNIAL OF THE PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT

  (Ms. FOXX of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the 
centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment in the House of 
Representatives.
  Women's right to vote was won by the brave work of suffragettes, many 
of whom were from North Carolina.
  In 1917, the National American Women Suffrage Association held a 4-
day suffrage school in Raleigh to advance the movement in our State. 
Instructor Halsey Wilson said, ``We have a government of men, by men, 
and for the people, instead of a realization of the hopes of Abraham 
Lincoln of a government of the people, by the people, for the people.''
  Today, I am grateful to be serving among the largest group of women 
ever elected in this body. When the 19th Amendment was ratified, 10 
million women joined the electorate, but the suffragettes' work also 
laid the foundation for women in public offices and the House of 
Representatives we have today.

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