house resolution no.298

Reps. Kuppa, Peterson and Wittenberg offered the following resolution:

A resolution to declare August 26, 2020, as Women’s Equality Day in the state of Michigan.

Whereas, The women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment which culminated a 72-year effort by women suffragettes to extend the right to vote to women, as a symbol of the continued fight for equal rights; and

Whereas, The women of the United States have historically been treated as second-class citizens and have often been denied privileges, public or private, legal or institutional; and

Whereas, The women of the United States have joined together to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare August 26, 2020, as Women’s Equality Day in Michigan. It is with great honor that we commemorate that day in 1920, on which the women of America won their right to vote, as an opportunity to continue to work for equal rights for all citizens.