AL HJR108

Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment's passage in 1920, which guaranteed women's constitutional right to vote after nearly a century of protests and advocacy.

Acknowledges that despite the 19th Amendment, African American women faced voting restrictions through poll taxes and literacy tests until the 1965 Voting Rights Act outlawed discriminatory voting practices.

Highlights Alabama's female legislative pioneers including Hattie Hooker Wilkins (first female legislator, 1922-1926), Ann Bedsole (first female elected to Alabama Senate, 1982), and Sundra Escott-Russell (first African American female elected to Alabama Senate, 1994).

Lists 24 current female members of the Alabama Legislature and 30 former female legislators who have served the state.

Commends and honors all female members of the Alabama Legislature for their service, hard work, diligence, and determination in serving their communities and the state.