Bill Text: NJ ACR152 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Respectfully memorializes Congress to pass S.1980, which posthumously awards Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-15 - Filed with Secretary of State [ACR152 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-ACR152-Introduced.html
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 152
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Respectfully memorializes Congress to pass S.1980, which posthumously awards Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Concurrent Resolution respectfully memorializing Congress to pass S.1980, introduced by Senator Menendez, which posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul in recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
Whereas, Alice Paul was a women's rights activist, suffragist, and principal leader of the early 1900's campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and
Whereas, Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885, in Moorestown, New Jersey, and was raised in a Quaker household; and
Whereas, Alice Paul graduated from Swarthmore College in 1905, pursued graduate studies England until 1909, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1912, received a law degree in 1922, and wrote the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment that same year; and
Whereas, While in England, Alice Paul joined the women's suffrage movement and was arrested several times, serving jail time and participating in a hunger strike; and
Whereas, Alice Paul became involved in the United States women's suffrage movement upon returning in 1910, where she worked two years with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), cofounded the Congressional Union seeking a federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, and, in 1916, formed the National Woman's party; and
Whereas, While fighting for women's suffrage in the United States, Alice Paul led pickets at the White House and before Congress and was again arrested and imprisoned; engaged in hunger strikes; and endured forced feedings in support of the cause; and
Whereas, Alice Paul was instrumental in the passage and ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibited denying any citizen the right to vote on the basis of sex; and
Whereas, Alice Paul penned the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923--introduced in every Congressional term between 1923 and 1972--and continued to advocate on behalf of women until her death on July 9, 1977; and
Whereas, Alice Paul was a driving force behind the attainment of women's suffrage and the movement toward equality for women, inspiring generations of women to make their voices heard and press toward justice; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (the Senate concurring):
1. Congress is respectfully memorialized to pass S.1980, introduced by Senator Robert Menendez, which posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul in recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the General Assembly to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the United States Congress elected from this State.
STATEMENT
This resolution respectfully memorializes Congress to pass S.1980, introduced by Senator Menendez, which posthumously awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul in recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
