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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
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HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN
of virginia
in the house of representatives
Friday, August 28, 2020
Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Centennial of
Women's Suffrage in the United States of America. On August 26, 2020,
we celebrated 100 years since the certification of the ratification of
the 19th Amendment and the importance of all women's constitutional
right to vote.
I want to take a moment to recognize all the female elected leaders
throughout the First District of Virginia. I especially would like to
pay respect to my close friend, Jo Ann Davis, who served as the second
Congresswoman in Virginia, and the first Congresswoman for the First
District of Virginia. Congresswoman Davis was a dedicated public
servant of the First District of Virginia, and her leadership still
benefits our community today.
I include in the Record the names of the women in Westmoreland
County, my home, who registered to vote on the first day they were
eligible:
Bessie Carte, Azele Ida Caruthers, Mazie Caruthers, Edna
Coakley, Ada L. (Cosden) Cooke, Virginia Cox, Mabel (Lampkin)
Evans, Anna Elizabeth (Alexander) Fox, Dena Fox, Linda (Lena)
E. (Redding) Franklin, Nannie B. Gouldman, Risa Bryan Haynie,
Elinor Heflin, Angellis Jackson, Ethel Marie Johnson, Dillie
Kelly, Bessie Koher, Marni Marshall, Janice (Jane) (Miller)
Mason, Frances Mensh.
Naomi L. (Johnson) Miller, Homozelle Montgomery, Carrie
Fitzhugh (Ashton) Omohundro, Annie Petty, Virginia Peyton,
Mrs. Genevieve (Grisby) Suttle, Clara Inez (Page) Stone,
Laura Sullivan, Madoline Taylor, Edna Thomas, Elsie H.
Warren, Charlotte Dent Watson, Clara (Denmead) Williams,
Alice C. Arnest, Mrs. Gertrude Purcell Anthony, Helen
Blackistone, Lucy Bowman, Effie Rae (Dobyns) English, Mrs.
M.W. Jackson, Mary Massey.
Bertha Effington Lawrence Newton, Helen Tayloe, Gladys
Halley Tubman, Mrs. Maria C. Berryman, Judith Amelia (McCoy)
Johnson, Alverta N. Johnson, Marietta Johnson, Virginia
Alberta (Storrs) Henderson, Maria Jane (Stewart) Gordon,
Mattie Fauntleroy, Rose Baber (Porter) Baker, Neenah L.
Baker, Mary Emma (Andrews) Brownley, Alice Rebecca
(Robertson) Carver, Sallie Thornton Edwards, Ada V.
Goodridge, Lizzie Young (McKenny) Goodridge, Frances Hall,
Naomi Jane (Harrington) Hall, Naomi Washington Hall.
Mrs. E.C. (Juanita ``Nita'') Naomi (Porter) Harrington,
M.C. Harris, E. Harris, Annie Young Harvey, Ruth (Atwill)
Harvey, Sophie Harvey, Mary Edith Healy, Mary Hersey, E.L.
Jenkins, Mrs. Nannie Bell (Doleman) Jones, Pauline Harvey
Lewis, Lucy Young McKenney, Nannie Lee Robertson, Mary
Blanche Robertson, Minnie B. Sanford, Lydia Ann (Marmaduke)
Stuart, Clara (Delp) Stuart, Jane (Newton) Walker, Garnett
(Newbill) Heflin, Edna Martha (Lyell) Omohundro, and Sarah
Jane (Ashton) Reed.
I want to thank the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC) for
their hard work in coordinating this important 100th Anniversary of
such a significant moment in our history. I also would like to thank
the Westmoreland County Museum for their research and dedication to
educating our community.
Female leaders have played a crucial role in our nation's history.
Therefore, Madam Speaker, I ask that you rise with me in celebrating
the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United States of
America.
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