IV 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1046 In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 29, 2020 RESOLUTION Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National Women’s Suffrage Month.

Whereas the 19th Amendment extended the franchise to women across the United States; Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment by three-fourths of the States; Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment becoming part of the Constitution of the United States; Whereas the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment is a pivotal chapter in the history of American democracy; Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment marks the single largest expansion of voting rights in United States history; Whereas the ratification of the 19th Amendment did not, in practice, guarantee voting rights to all American women, as African-American women, Native American women, Asian American women, Hispanic American women, and other women of color in America continued to face legal and social barriers to voting throughout the twentieth century; Whereas the suffragists persevered in their quest for women’s equality through generations of hardships, including the Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, and the Spanish Flu pandemic; and Whereas the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission was created to encourage, plan, develop, and execute programs, projects, and activities to commemorate the centennial of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment: Now, therefore, be it