Women's History Month

Floor Speech

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Mrs. DAVIS of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate Women's History Month--and specifically, this year's Women's History Month.

In 2020, we celebrate 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment and the beginning of women's suffrage.

This is also the year in which 38 states finally ratified the Equal Rights Amendment and we held a vote on the House floor to extend the deadline for passage.

These historic milestones remind us of how hard women have worked and fought in the streets, in the courts, and in political office for the rights we have today.

But even as we celebrate the role of courageous trailblazers, we remember, too, the hidden figures whose contributions are not in our history books.

I think about the knowledge we cannot pass down, and about the women we will never know because their history was not recorded.

We've made gains in the home, in the workplace, in military service, across civil and reproductive rights, and as global leaders.

Despite that, we know that there are many places where young girls do not see what they can be--shattering elusive glass ceilings will change that.

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