Full Text of SJR0028 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 19th Amendment to the United States | 3 | | Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right | 4 | | known as women's suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, women's suffrage movements began as | 7 | | early as the 1860s; a statute was passed in 1873 giving women | 8 | | the opportunity to run for any school office not created by the | 9 | | Illinois Constitution; women were given the right to vote for | 10 | | school officers in 1891; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, With the continued work of women's suffrage | 12 | | organizations throughout Illinois led by prominent citizens, | 13 | | including Jane Addams and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, women in | 14 | | Illinois secured the right to vote; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Governor Edward Dunne signed the suffrage bill | 16 | | into law on June 26, 1913, giving women the right to vote for | 17 | | President, as well as local officers; this action made Illinois | 18 | | the first state east of the Mississippi River to give women the | 19 | | right to vote for President; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In May 1919, United States Representative James | 21 | | Mann of Illinois sponsored the 19th Amendment to the United |
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| 1 | | States Constitution, the Susan B. Anthony Woman's Suffrage | 2 | | Amendment, granting women the right to vote in all elections | 3 | | nationwide; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, On June 4, 1919, the United States Congress passed | 5 | | the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, giving women the full right to | 6 | | vote; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On June 10, 1919, the Illinois General Assembly | 8 | | voted to make the Land of Lincoln one of the first three states | 9 | | in the nation to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States | 10 | | Constitution; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Illinois holds a significant and unique role in | 12 | | the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the | 13 | | Constitution of the United States; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, It is in the public interest to ensure that this | 15 | | occasion is properly celebrated throughout the State; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Commemorative Medallions Act (15 ILCS 555) | 17 | | provides that the State Treasurer may issue medallions to | 18 | | commemorate popular contemporaneous events of statewide | 19 | | interest; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 2 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State Treasurer is authorized to | 3 | | issue official commemorative medallions honoring the 100th | 4 | | anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the | 5 | | United States Constitution; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That the State Treasurer shall contract for the | 7 | | production, marketing, distribution, and sale of the | 8 | | medallions; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | delivered to State Treasurer Michael Frerichs.
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