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19th Amendment Ensured Women Full Participation in Our Democracy

Floor Speech

Date: May 21, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Elections

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Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support H. Res. 354, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this body passing the 19th Amendment.

On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives approved a proposed amendment to the Constitution that provided suffrage for women. This amendment not only ensured that all women are full participants in our democracy, but it also ensured that the United States is a full democracy.

Women and girls have always possessed the same fundamental rights as men and are essential to a stable, peaceful society.

On behalf of every woman in the Second District of Missouri, I honor the role that the ratification of the 19th Amendment played in fulfilling the principles of the Constitution for women.

I commit to working to strengthen our democracy as we remember remarkable women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others who fought for our freedoms.

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