Senators in both parties launched an effort Tuesday to place a national monument to the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote on the National Mall, a stretch of Washington dotted with popular memorials — and where space is limited.
Senators in both parties launched an effort Tuesday to place a national monument to the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote on the National Mall, a stretch ofSens. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Democrat, and Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, said they filed the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act because the issue is important enough to merit a spot on the popular cross-section of the capital.
“The National Mall is home to memorials for those who fought for our freedom, presidents who defined our country, and the seat of our government, and it is only fitting that it also houses the Women’s Suffrage National Monument,” she said. Recent additions to the area have honored Black history, including a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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