,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january  
#af1 #bjbj,mr4 ,romney 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,lee7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,recognizing the leading  
role of ,utahns in the fight for women's
 suffrage and celebrating the           
sesquicentennial of the first votes by  
women under the equal suffrage law of   
,utah on ,february #ad1 #ahgj4          
,whereas1 on ,february #aj1 #ahgj1 the  
territorial legislature of ,utah passed 
an ,act granting women the right to     
vote1 which was signed into law on      
,february #ab1 #ahgj1 by ,acting        
,governor ,stephen ,mann2 ,whereas1 on  
,february #ad1 #ahgj1 women voted in the
 ,salt ,lake ,city election1 becoming   
the first women to vote under an equal  
suffrage law within what is now the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas1 in #ahhg1    
,congress revoked the voting rights of  

women in ,utah2 ,whereas1 on ,november  
#e1 #ahie1 the new ,utah ,constitution  
was adopted with a provision stating1   
,the rights of citizens of the ,state of
 ,utah to vote and hold office shall not
 be denied or abridged on account of    
sex4 ,both male and female citizens of  
this ,state shall enjoy equally all     
civil1 political and religious rights   
and privileges42 ,whereas1 on ,november 
#c1 #ahif1 ,martha ,maria ,hughes       
,cannon1 who will be honored by a statue
 in the ,united ,states ,capitol in     
#bjbj1 was elected to the ,utah ,state  
,senate and became the first woman to   
serve as a ,state senator in the ,united
 ,states2 and ,whereas1 in #aiai1       
women's suffrage was extended to all    
,united ,states citizens with the       
adoption of the #aith ,amendment to the 
,constitution of the ,united ,states3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate-- 7#a7 recognizes the leading   
role of ,utahns in the fight for women's
 suffrage and the adoption of the #aith 

,amendment to the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states guaranteeing that the   
right of citizens of the ,united ,states
 to vote shall not be denied or abridged
 by the ,united ,states or by any ,state
 on account of sex2 and  7#b7 celebrates
 the sesquicentennial of the first votes
 by women under the equal suffrage law  
of ,utah on ,february #ad1 #ahgj4