WI Senator Introduces Legislation to Place Women’s Suffrage National Monument on National Mall

Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act, to ensure that the Women’s Suffrage National Monument is located on the National Mall.

In 2020, legislation passed to create the Women’s Suffrage National Monument on federal lands in Washington, D.C., but it did not authorize establishment of the monument on the National Mall. Under current law, the Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 2003, a specific act of Congress is required to place a new commemorative work or visitor center on the National Mall, therefore requiring passage of the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act to secure a monument honoring women’s history in the sacred location.

The monument will commemorate the women’s suffrage movement and the passage of the 19^th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. The 19^th Amendment was first ratified in Wisconsin and last ratified in Tennessee. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.