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RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S RIGHT
TO VOTE
WHEREAS an organized movement to enfranchise women began in July 1848, at a
convention in Seneca Falls, New York;
WHEREAS through the efforts of brave and courageous women referred to as
suffragists who sacrificed family, their personal life and their financial resources for
over seventy years to gain equal rights for women, especially the right to vote;
WHEREAS women and men, of every race and creed, supported the woman's
suffrage movement for women to gain the constitutional right of having a voice in
making the laws that govern them;
WHEREAS the woman's suffrage movement led to the passage of the 196
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in 1919, with ratification of the
last state necessary on August 26, 1920;
WHEREAS women today constitute a majority of voters in the nation and are running
for office in higher numbers and more active in the election process than ever before
in history;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the 100th anniversary of women
gaining the right to vote in the United States is recognized by the Frederick County
Board of Supervisors for the impact these historic accomplishments have on citizen
engagement and the civic life of the community, the state, and the nation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that August 2020 be declared Women's Suffrage Month
in Frederick County.
ADOPTED this 12th day of August, 2020.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman Aye Shawn L. Graber Aye
J. Douglas McCarthy Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
Blaine P. Dunn Aye Gene E. Fisher Aye
Judith McCann-Slaughter Aye
Kris C. ierne
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
County of Frederick, Virginia
BO,S Res, 4009-20