Bill > K00955

This resolution commemorates the 22nd Annual Susan B. Anthony Day in New York State, honoring the life and legacy of Susan B. Anthony, a prominent leader in the women's suffrage movement who fought for women's right to vote and other equality causes. The resolution highlights her birth in 1820, her significant role in establishing and leading the women's rights movement for over 50 years, her collaboration with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, her persistent advocacy before Congress, her arrest for voting in 1872 which brought national attention to the cause, her leadership of the National American Women's Suffrage Association, and the eventual ratification of the women's suffrage amendment in 1920, long after her death in 1906. It also acknowledges her posthumous recognition with a statue in the U.S. Capitol and her home in Rochester, New York, being designated a National Historic Landmark, recognizing her broader commitment to abolition, equal pay, and labor rights, and expresses the State's admiration for her tireless efforts to ensure constitutional rights are not denied based on sex. The resolution also directs that copies be sent to the National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House and the League of Women Voters of New York State.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/K955