Full Text of HR0894 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the | 3 | | ratification of the 19th
Amendment to the United States | 4 | | Constitution, guaranteeing and protecting the right to
vote for | 5 | | women in the United States; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, This centennial provides an opportunity to | 7 | | celebrate a milestone in our democracy,
that the right of | 8 | | citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or | 9 | | abridged by federal or state governments on account of gender; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a history of being at the forefront | 12 | | of the women's suffrage movement, as Illinois women played a | 13 | | pivotal role in obtaining the right to vote for women; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1855, Susan Hoxie Richardson, cousin of Susan | 15 | | B. Anthony, organized the first suffrage association in | 16 | | Illinois in Earlville, a small town in LaSalle County west of | 17 | | Chicago; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1869, the first statewide suffrage | 19 | | organization in Illinois, the Illinois Woman's Suffrage | 20 | | Association (IWSA), was formed, and it held its first annual | 21 | | convention in the state capitol of Springfield in 1870; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1890, Catherine Waugh McCulloch was elected | 2 | | IWSA Superintendent of Legislative Work and drafted | 3 | | legislation that would give Illinois women the right to vote; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, In 1891, Illinois women gained the right to vote | 6 | | in school board elections; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, From 1911 to 1914, Jane Addams, who long fought | 8 | | for suffrage in Illinois, served as Vice-President of the | 9 | | National American Women Suffrage Association as the | 10 | | organization helped to push for a national amendment for the | 11 | | right to vote for women; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1913, Illinois became the first state east of | 13 | | the Mississippi River to grant women the right to vote with the | 14 | | passage of the Presidential Suffrage Bill; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, On June 4, 1919, the U.S. Congress passed the 19th | 16 | | Amendment that guaranteed all American
women the right to vote; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, On June 10, 1919, Illinois became the first state | 19 | | to vote to ratify the 19th Amendment; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was | 2 | | ratified, thanks to the efforts of women from Illinois, | 3 | | including Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, Frances E. Willard, Jane | 4 | | Addams, Ida B. Wells, Catharine McCulloch, and Grace Wilbur | 5 | | Trout; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we recognize August 18, 2020 as a day to celebrate the right to | 9 | | vote for all women in America and acknowledge the contributions | 10 | | of the women from Illinois who worked so hard for so long to | 11 | | bring women across the United States the full benefit of | 12 | | citizenship.
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