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SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION
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' RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE
tooth ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
$ WHEREAS, the history of women voting in Utah is long and vibrant;and
WHEREAS, on February 14,1870,Utah schoolteacher Seraph Young voted in municipal
°rte election under Equal Suffrage Laws and is credited with being the first
woman to vote in an election in any state or territory now part of the United _
States of America;and
WHEREAS, the U.S.Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States on June 4,1919,guaranteeing American women the right to
{ vote,which was ratified on August 18,1920;and
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WHEREAS, Carrie Chapman Catt,a suffragist and founder of the League of Women
Voters,led the state-by-state strategy that resulted in its passage;and
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- _i WHEREAS, Carrie Chapman Catt spoke at the Conference of Women Voters held in the =
Salt Lake Tabernacle on November 17,1919;and
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WHEREAS, the Conference was sponsored by the Utah State Suffrage Council,then
= presided over by Utah feminists Emmeline B.Wells,Emily S.Richards,and
others;and
WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters is a civic group,originally formed to help
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WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters is proud to be nonpartisan,neither supporting -
nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government,but
always working on vital issues of concern to members and the public;and
WHEREAS, since 1987 The United States Congress has annually authorized the
President of the United States to declare the month of March as Women's
History Month;and
WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters was formed loo years ago on February 14,
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NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED
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that the Salt Lake City Council and Mayor of Salt Lake City recognize the
League of Women Voters as an important civic organization working for the
welfare of all Utahns.
:;;z~ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Salt Lake City Council and Mayor of Salt Lake City recognize the
long history of civic engagement by the organization and its intent to pursue
nF this work for the next loo years.
°: Adopted this- day of March 2020
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Salt Lake City Mayor Salt Lake City Council Member,District Three
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