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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to celebrate the 100th anniversary |
| 4 | | of the 1913 Illinois law granting women the right to vote for |
| 5 | | President of the United States and municipal officers; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The law went into effect when it was signed by |
| 7 | | Illinois Governor Edward F. Dunne on June 26, 1913; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The passage of the law made the State of Illinois |
| 9 | | the first state east of the Mississippi River to allow women to |
| 10 | | vote in presidential elections; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Over 200,000 women in the State voted in the 1914 |
| 12 | | election, helping to pave the way for the passage of the 19th |
| 13 | | Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, which gave |
| 14 | | full suffrage to all women in the nation; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The members of this body are proud of Illinois' |
| 16 | | pioneering role in granting the women of the nation their |
| 17 | | hard-won rights; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 20 | | we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the |