III 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 586 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 19, 2018 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Nelson ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Honoring the 170th anniversary of the first women’s rights convention held in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York.

Whereas 2018 marks the 170th anniversary of the first women’s rights convention held in the United States in Seneca Falls, New York, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott; Whereas the momentum created by organized women in the 1800s led to the first women’s rights convention and the passing of the Declaration of Sentiments in Seneca Falls, New York; Whereas, at Seneca Falls, New York, 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments, a plea for the end of discrimination against women; Whereas the Declaration of Sentiments offered at Seneca Falls, New York, was modeled after the Declaration of Independence and declared that all men and women are created equal , linking women’s rights directly to the founding ideals of the United States; Whereas women’s suffrage activists tirelessly worked together to form organizations that raised public awareness, resulting in the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in 1920, guaranteeing all women of the United States the right to vote; Whereas, in 2018, women have made giant leaps in the cause for gender equality, yet still struggle daily for equal treatment; Whereas women of the United States earn only 80 cents for every dollar earned by men of the United States; Whereas women constitute 50.8 percent of the population of the United States but only 20 percent of the 115th Congress; and Whereas empowering women offers tremendous opportunity for economic and social progress: Now, therefore, be it