[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 211 (Monday, December 14, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                            Women's Suffrage

  Now, Mr. President, on another topic, 2020 has been a very difficult 
year, but there have been a few rays of sunshine this year in spite of 
the quarantines and the social distancing.
  We were still able to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th 
Amendment and the suffragists who fought so diligently and consistently 
for 72 years for passage of the 19th Amendment. Much of this 
celebration of activism and equal rights focused on Nashville, TN, 
where the suffragists gathered in the summer of 1920. At the center of 
that battle for the votes sat the Hermitage Hotel, which served as the 
headquarters and played host to some of the most important negotiations 
surrounding the Tennessee Legislature's final vote on the amendment.
  This year, the National Park Service honored the Hermitage Hotel and 
the suffragists who fought those battles by designating the site as a 
national historic landmark. As a female lawmaker, this designation was 
especially important to me. This Congress, I had the pleasure of 
serving here in the Senate alongside a fantastic group of women who 
were living proof of how far we have come since August 18, 1920.
  Unfortunately, this year we were also reminded of how far we yet have 
to go.