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IN HCR0037

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

2/25/2020

Primary Sponsor

Christy Stutzman

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Indiana General Assembly urges Congress to display the Women's Suffrage Monument (Portrait Monument) on U.S. currency to honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment

  • The monument depicts suffrage pioneers Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony; it is a seven-ton marble sculpture unveiled February 15, 1921

  • The sculpture was designed by Adelaide Johnson and was purposefully left unfinished to symbolize the ongoing fight for women's rights

  • The resolution recognizes Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 1848 Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls as the first public demand for women's rights reforms

  • Copies of the resolution are to be transmitted to State Representative Christy Stutzman for distribution

Legislative Description

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to display the portrait of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony on U.S. currency recognizing women's fight for suffrage and honoring the 100th anniversary.

Last Action

Returned to the House

2/25/2020

Full Bill Text

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