[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF A NATIONAL SUFFRAGISTS DAY

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 14, 2007

  Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. 
Con. Res. 105, to honor women suffragists with a National Suffragists 
Day.
  On July 19, 1848, at the Seneca Falls Convention, now famous 
suffragists, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton made one of the 
first public appeals for women's right to vote. This convention 
launched a more than 70 year fight for suffrage, which culminated with 
women gaining the right to vote in 1920 with the adoption of the 19th 
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  Without the dedication, commitment, and hard work of women suffragist 
pioneers like Mott, Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and 
Alice Paul, our country would not have the first female Speaker of the 
U.S. House of Representatives or more women elected to Congress than 
ever before.
  I am proud to be a cosponsor of H. Con. Res. 105, to honor the women 
suffragists who changed this country. Their bravery continues to 
inspire young women today to take an active role in government and to 
use their voices to make a difference.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the goals and ideals of 
a National Suffragists Day.

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