[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

  (Ms. STEFANIK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, in celebration of Women's History Month, I 
rise to honor a pioneer for women's suffrage from my district.
  Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, New York, where she 
attended Johnstown Academy until the age of 16. As Members of this 
House and people across our country know, Elizabeth would go on to be 
one of the true trailblazers of the women's suffrage movement for our 
Nation.
  She helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention, where she presented 
a Declaration of Sentiments, a call for women's rights, proclaiming 
that men and women are equal, which was a revolutionary concept in 
1848.
  As the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, I certainly would not 
be here today on the House floor without the passion, activism, and 
dedication of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. And so it is my honor to 
celebrate her legacy today for Women's History Month.

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