Full Text of SR0079 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution | 3 | | granted American women the right to vote, a right known as | 4 | | women's suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending | 5 | | almost a century of protest; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, women's suffrage movements began as | 7 | | early as the 1860s; in 1873, a statute was passed 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 several organizations, | 12 | | including the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the | 13 | | Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, and the Chicago Political | 14 | | Equality League, women in Illinois secured the right to vote; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Governor Edward Dunne signed the suffrage bill | 17 | | into law on June 26, 1913, giving women the right to vote for | 18 | | President, as well as local officers; this action made Illinois | 19 | | the first state east of the Mississippi River to give women the | 20 | | right to vote for President; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, On June 4, 1919, the U.S. Congress passed the |
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| 1 | | Susan B. Anthony Amendment, giving women the full right to | 2 | | vote; Illinois ratified the 19th Amendment on June 10, 1919 and | 3 | | was the first state to do so; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 10, | 6 | | 2019 as 19th Amendment Ratification Day in the State of | 7 | | Illinois to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this event.
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