Women's History Month

Since 1978  Women's History has been celebrated in our country.  Initially it was Women's History Week.  Then, in 1987 by order of Congress the celebration was extended to a month.  Since then March has been designated Women's History Month. 

         

In May 1869, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association.  The organization’s primary goal was to gain voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.

In recognition of Women's History Month 2012, presented below is the Amendment that gave women in America the right to vote:

Amendment XIX*

Of the

Constitution of the United States

          "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

          Congress shall have power to enforce the article by appropriate legislation."

*This Nineteenth Amendment was ratified

August 18, 1920.

Voting is important.  May we all, men and women, exercise our right and responsibility to vote for those who lead at every level of government in our democracy.