HM 1 — CENTENNIAL OF 19TH AMENDMENT

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 1RECOGNIZING 54THAND LEGISLATURECELEBRATING -THE STATEWOMEN'S OFSUFFRAGE NEWMOVEMENT MEXICOAND -CENTENNIAL SECONDOF SESSIONTHE ,ADOPTION 2020OF INTRODUCEDTHE BYNINETEENTH GailAMENDMENT ChaseyTO andTHE DayanUNITED Hochman-VigilSTATES andCONSTITUTION. Kelly K.

Fajardo6 andWHEREAS, Sherylorganized Williams Stapleton and Micaelasustained Laraefforts Cadenato 7win 9the Avote MEMORIALfor RECOGNIZINGwomen ANDin CELEBRATINGthe THEUnited WOMEN'SStates SUFFRAGEbegan MOVEMENTin AND1848 CENTENNIALin OFSeneca THEFalls, ADOPTIONNew OFYork; THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

15and WHEREAS, organizedSusan andB. sustained efforts to win the vote for women in the United States began in 1848 in Seneca Falls, e t 17 New York;

Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and wCarrie lChapman nCatt dof 18the WHEREAS,national SusanAmerican B.woman suffrage association advocated for women's voting rights nationally;

Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and =WHEREAS, = 19 a lNew CarrieMexico Chapmancampaign Cattfor ofwomen's the national American woman suffrage ibegan ain ethe r1890s 20in associationSanta advocatedFe forand women'sAlbuquerque; voting rights nationally;

and aWHEREAS, tthe minitial mNew 21Mexico WHEREAS,women's asuffrage Newefforts Mexicowere campaignfurther fororganized women'sin suffrageLas beganCruces din r1910 eand 22became ina thestructured 1890seffort inby Santawomen Fein andseventeen Albuquerque;communities;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, themany initial New MexicoMexican women'swomen, suffrageincluding effortsLaura eE. a n b 24 were further organized in Las Cruces in 1910 and became a u [ structured effort by women in seventeen communities;

and .216063.1 WHEREAS, many New Mexican women, including Laura E.

and WHEREAS, the nineteenth amendment to the United States constitution, prohibiting exclusion of women from voting, stalled in congress for forty-one years before passing in HM 1 Page 1 1919;

Larrazolo called a HM 1 Page 2 special session of the legislature, and on February 21, 1920, New Mexico became the thirty-second state to ratify the nineteenth amendment;

and WHEREAS, on August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-thirty-sixth sixth state to ratify the nineteenth amendment, at which point three-fourths of the states had ratified the amendment;

and WHEREAS, on August 26, 1920, the nineteenth amendment was e e 17 certified by the United States secretary of state and became a e e n d 18 part of the United States constitution;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, through the nineteenth amendment, millions of a l r i 20 women have made and continue to make enormous contributions to t e a t the civic and political life of the United States through their m m 21 e d r e 22 vote;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, honoring the strides of the suffrage movement e a n b 24 serves as a reminder of the power that all yield through u [ voting;

.216063.1 - 2 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the suffrage movement and the centennial anniversary of the adoption of the nineteenth amendment to the United States constitution be recognized and celebrated;

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