May 20, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 84 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Page H3998]
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            MARKING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT

  (Mr. FLEISCHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to mark the passage of the 19th 
Amendment out of this very Chamber 100 years ago.
  As I join with my colleagues to celebrate this historic vote on May 
21, I will wear a yellow rose on my lapel. This is reminiscent of a 
scene in the Tennessee State House.
  At that time, one more State was needed to ratify the 19th Amendment. 
All eyes were on Tennessee.
  State Representative Harry T. Burn of Tennessee's Third District 
donned a red rose signaling his opposition to the pro-suffrage 
movement. However, after reading a letter from his mother, Ms. Phoebe 
Ensminger Burn, Representative Burn cast the tie-breaking vote, joining 
with his colleagues in yellow roses to vote in support of women's 
suffrage.
  The resolution passed. Tennessee became the final State needed to 
ratify the 19th Amendment.
  I will wear a yellow rose in honor of women like Ms. Burn, who 
demanded to be heard, to honor Members of the 66th Congress who 
championed change and for the enfranchisement of all American women. 
Without their voices, our Nation would not be what it is today.

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