AK SJR18

Commemorates the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United States, marking the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Highlights Alaska's pioneering role in women's voting rights, with House Bill No. 2 granting women suffrage in the Alaska Territory on March 21, 1913—seven years before federal ratification.

Chronicles major milestones of women in Alaska politics, including Nell Scott as the first female territorial legislator in 1936, Sarah Palin as the first female governor in 2006, and 23 female legislators serving in the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature in 2019.

Requests the Lieutenant Governor coordinate recognition and commemorative events throughout 2020 to celebrate women's suffrage and Alaska's history of empowering women as equal members of society.