It was on this day 100 years ago that a hard fought victory was won and the United States Senate passed the 19th amendment to the Constitution—women gained the right to vote.
Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the body that this day is worth celebrating, along with the many women who fought for their rights and were finally recognized on June 4, 1919.
He says the passage of the 19th amendment started a cultural change in American politics, including in his own state of Kentucky, which wasted no time electing its first female member of congress.
McConnell quoted a member of the Senate from 100 years ago, who felt that the women of that age should be remembered as heroes for their hard fought battle.
McConnell named and recognized many women that played a part in the Women’s Suffrage movement. A resolution was passed that marked today as the centennial of the passing.