Connie Morella said "75 years ago, Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party commissioned sculptor Adelaide Johnson to create a statue to celebrate the passage of the 19th amendment and to forever commemorate the courage and determination of these women who dedicated their lives to gaining for women the right to vote. It was delivered to the U.S. Congress, dedicated in the rotunda, and sent to the basement where it has been displayed since 1921. Today, we tend to forget the enormity of the struggle for the right to vote; the brave and outspoken women who demanded the right to vote in this society that still was not even sure that girls should be educated, and who served long jail sentences for their trouble. The House today, at the end of this fiscal year, will ensure that the statue that honors our foremothers will be given the place that it has long deserved." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 29, 1995

75 years ago, Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party commissioned sculptor Adelaide Johnson to create a statue to celebrate the passage of the 19th amendment and to forever commemorate the courage and determination of these women who dedicated their lives to gaining for women the right to vote. It was delivered to the U.S. Congress, dedicated in the rotunda, and sent to the basement where it has been displayed since 1921. Today, we tend to forget the enormity of the struggle for the right to vote; the brave and outspoken women who demanded the right to vote in this society that still was not even sure that girls should be educated, and who served long jail sentences for their trouble. The House today, at the end of this fiscal year, will ensure that the statue that honors our foremothers will be given the place that it has long deserved.

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Connie Morella

Maryland

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of a statue commemorating women's suffrage in the U.S. Capitol.

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