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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | June 27, 2015 10:11 AM |
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| From: | Representative Maria P. Donatucci |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Women’s Equality Day |
| In the near future, I plan to re-introduce House Resolution 855 recognizing August 26, 2015, as “Women’s Equality Day” in Pennsylvania. In 1971, the United States Congress designated August 26th as “Women’s Equality Day.” The bill was sponsored by Congresswoman Bella Abzug, who was a leader of the Woman’s Movement at that time. August 26th commemorates the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was a result of a peaceful civil rights movement that began in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Through the efforts of great women’s rights activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and many others, women have enjoyed the right to vote for 95 years while continually working to break down gender barriers in the work place and other areas of society. Today, women’s equality means more than the right to vote. Today, we celebrate the accomplishments of those who fought for women’s right to vote, and we renew our support for women’s gender equality efforts. Please join me in sponsoring this resolution. |
Introduced as HR444