Political Quotes

“It was, indeed, 100 years ago in this very room that the House of Representatives passed the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting women the right to vote. The vote was here, but the work was out there, because the fact is the victory was due in no small part to the countless trailblazers who championed women suffrage throughout the decades. Many of those trailblazers called home that which I call home: the Pacific Northwest. That included activists like Emma Smith DeVoe of Tacoma and Mary Arkwright Hutton of Spokane. It was because of their efforts that Washington State became the fifth State in the Union to enact women suffrage in 1910. These efforts built the momentum to pass and ratify the 19th Amendment nearly a decade later. But the point is, as we celebrate this anniversary, let us not allow the progress we have made beget complacency; because the long, hard- fought battle for equality and representation spans generations and continues to this very day. Let's continue to affirm those principles as we recognize and commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote. ____________________”