IL HR0397

Designates June 10, 2019 as a day to celebrate women's right to vote and Illinois's role in achieving that right in the United States.

Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi River to grant women the right to vote for President through the 1913 Presidential Suffrage Bill.

Illinois ratified the 19th Amendment on June 10, 1919, one hour before Wisconsin, making it the first state to ratify the amendment.

Illinois women's suffrage association was established in Earlville in 1855, just seven years after the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

Illinois granted women the right to vote for school offices in 1891, preceding full suffrage rights.