HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-08-15 Proclamation~l~.~g, wo. me_n today.are able to fully participate in the govex~anee of
the Umte& States ]~ecause of the woman suffrage movement, and
~l~, g~ in the mid-1~800se.wlth httle finance, legal ~or po~tlcal po~we~r
o5 their owa, aria worl~n~ against a well ~inance~ ann entrenches
· opposltlon,~women fough~ fortheir rights of citizenship, the right
to vote, and
~iI]~, the suffragists succeeded in thei~ determined effort, often in
- the ~.ace of mol~vi~ol,ence, wi~out firing a shot, throwing a rock, or
iSSmng a persona~ threat, an~l
~[I)tV~a~, ,.despite the~e ac~comph~,hxnents, the la. sting poli~cal an.~ so~
· slgni~canqe~ o~ thee s~u~rag~e c,am. paxgn r~e.m~-s '~v~vu~y
unaeknowlec~ge~ in t~e chronicles o~ American history, an~l
~[~l~ .~t~, the Io.wa Legislat~ure~ pa~ed are. sol~ution of ratification of
w~at was ~nown as t~e Susan ~axthony Amendment on
Wednesday, J~y 2, 1919, by a vote of 95 to 5, and
herea , we w~h to acknowledge the 75~ Annlv~ersary of ~e. wom~
su~rage movement's great victory, the ratiOcation o~ t~e 19th
Amen~lment to the U.~. Constitution on August 26, 1920,
.~W, t~l~e, I, Susan M.. Horo~tz, M. ayor of the ~ty of Iowa City,
Iowa, do hereby proclaixn August 26, 1995, to
in Iowa Citx. and call attention to the f~ct ~at thin movement s~,~r~d~ as
a lasti~ng a~vation of ou~ co, u~tvy's ~em~ocr~tie pro~n~se, ~or ~t
re;emp~a~sizes ~t~e importa~nc~e o~ t~e.,..most, ~m ,gG~n, ental ae~mo. crat~c
v~?.s: ~e right to vote an~l the possibility o~ peace~ yet revolutionary
po~itiea~ change.
Mayor ~_~
~igned '.m _Iowa ~City, Iowa,
15th day o~ August, 1995.